On Aug 3, 2006, at 9:59 AM, djgoku wrote: > That mistake doesn't make me feel so good about what I have learned so > far in Perl, since I am just finishing up Learning Perl 4th edition.
Don't sweat it. You've probably heard the story about interview with the extremely successful person. It went something like this: Q: How did you become so successful? A: Experience. Q: How did you gain experience? A: Good decisions. Q: And how did you learn to make those good decisions? A: Bad decisions. ...And congratulations on finishing Learning Perl! If you are one of those people who enjoys the journey more than actually reaching the final destination... then with Perl you're practically guaranteed a long strange trip ;) Oh, if you're intending to start next on the "Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules" book I gave you way back when... you might consider picking up a copy of "Intermediate Perl" instead. It is what the new edition of the aforementioned book turned into. And it's only 256 pages. Or actually... being a Perl Mongers groups, I could contact O'Reilly on your behalf and have them send you a copy for review. The catch is, you'd have to write up a book review. If you're interested, email me your postal address. The books generally take a few weeks to arrive. Some time shortly after Learning Perl and Intermediate Perl, it would be good to pick up a copy of Perl Best Practices (PBP). Better to get into good habits early on. I'm still working little by little to rehabit myself to the practices espoused in PBP. It's much harder once you're firmly entrenched in your bad habits ;) cheers, Garrett _______________________________________________ kc mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/kc
