> -----Original Message----- $Bill Luebkert wrote: > > I learned it by reading the man pages/docs that come with. > There's a reading order kinda defined at the beginning of > perl.pod and it's easier to read and search if you convert > the pods to text and combine them into a single file (script > to do so on my tripod site - perlman.pl). > I also highly recommend $Bill's approach. The perldocs are great, and are up-to-date. Before I learned about them, what worked for me was picking up a copy of "Learning Perl," by Randal L. Schwartz, AKA the "Llama Book". This book is not much different than the perldocs, but I liked the "text book" approach. Each chapter ends with an exercise section to give you a chance to try what you've learned. From there I picked up "Programming Perl," by Larry Wall, et. Al., AKA the "Camel Book". While not a "casual read" in my mind, it's got everything you could want. But, once again, it's all in the perldocs. I also really enjoyed "Mastering Regular Expressions," by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl. While it's not really known as it, it is the "Owl Book". An amazing tool to find out how regular expressions work in Perl, and in general.
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