What would be a comparable scenario for RH 6.1? Good book CD combo? Or do
I already have Perl on my machine?
Jim
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> Behalf Of Paul Courchene
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 7:54 AM
> To: Chris Bourassa; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Perl s/download/Perl/
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> In reference to your post on GNHLUG about Learning Perl...
> Save yourself a lot of time and fooling around with
> downloading etc., get a copy of Perl For Dummies book
> at Barnes and Nobles for $19.95.
> It has a CdRom with Perl 5, which will load on a Win 95/98 box.
> Works fine, lasts long time.
> Get you up and running Perl in 5 Minutes.
> Book is an easy read with real examples to get some of the flavor
> of Perl. I prefer to call it "learning by doing", a good way to learn
> a new language.
> Of course if you get your jollies out of
> 1.) sitting in front of a machine and waiting on a long download or
> 2.) don't have $19.95
> 3.) want to tell great war stories
>
> then you also have the option of downloading Perl from:
> http://www.activestate.com/ActivePerl/download.htm
> and other sources (for free) ...
>
> Learning Perl on a Windows box may be an expedient for you
> where you can have lots of fun, and start to appreciate
> the tremendous power in the language.
> Then you can dazzle you friends with fun sayings
> like: Oh, I am doing some "regex" work right now!
>
> paulc
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