> I have "Perl Cookbook" ISBN 1-56592-243-3. Here is the blurb on the back > cover:
i would tend to recommend the oreilly "learning perl" for a novice. just read a chapter a night and do the excercises and in a week you should no 90% of the perl you're likely to need. if you need more after that the perl cookbook or the camel book should do you fine as a reference. > Try bn.com as well as Amazon: their prices vary. better yet try www.dealpilot.com. you put in the book you want, and where you live and it goes and queries all the major online sellers and tells you who's the cheapest (including shipping which is useful when you live in alaska :-) and how long it'll take each company to actually deliver etc. it's a cool service. adam.