on 01/22/2001 10:45 PM, Stephen Studley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> MacPerl Power and Ease sounds like a good place to start. very cool.
> Thank you all!
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I have MacPerl: Power and Ease, and I can (from my own experience) highly
recommend several things:
o Programming Perl (O'Reilly) -- excellent reference material, and I
frequently re-read it as my knowledge grows, to continually grok new
information that was over my head the last time, but now my experience has
broadened enough to where I can follow things a lot better.
o The Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.perl.misc -- GREAT place to lurk for
several months, and just READ ... READ people's questions, READ the answers
they get, TRY the samples of code and see how they work, try NOT to post
anything until you understand the general 'feel' of the pace, and community,
so that you don't commit the tens of thousands of faux pas that most new
people do, the first few times they post there.
http://www.dejanews.com/ has a fair archive of previous material if you
missed a post or two and want to backtrack.
It's a very high-volume group so be prepared to do more reading than
posting, and be prepared for a large volume of messages that may be
unrelated to what you want to learn.. However, in my experience, this is one
of the most invaluable resources for Perl programmers. The community. Treat
the community well and you will be treated well in return. :)
o The documentation that comes with Perl, in .pod format -- TONS of
information, the Perl FAQ's, samples of code, etc. ALWAYS START HERE when
you have questions, and THEN start looking elsewhere (the book, the mailing
list, the newsgroups)
There is varying debate as to the utility of some of the current crop of
Perl books available.. check DejaNews for posts to c.l.p.m as to what the
perl gurus are currently recommending in addition to the above.
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