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anandt4u · Apr 7th, 2005, 2:11 PM

can someone tell me what is the best and easiest way to learn it...i know c and c++ ..but i find perl really tough to learn as there seems to be no general structure or typesafety here..always run into problems

Cerulean · Apr 7th, 2005, 3:28 PM

Tutorials all the way. Look for good reading material on the net and get cracking. Perl, like C, is a beast to tame. You'll just need to work at it i'm afraid.

peace_of_mind · Apr 14th, 2005, 1:34 PM

Rather than start a new thread, I'll piggy-back off this one. Anyone know of some good beginner tuts, preferably some I can download? I checked Bulio's (I think) thread in tutorials, some links were still good, but the tuts seemed very specific. An ebook would be ideal, but any introductory level tutorial will do just fine.

mackenga · Apr 30th, 2005, 3:21 PM

On a Unix box, the Perl manpages are actually incredibly good. Try "man perl" to get started. There are plenty of tutorials in there on various subjects.

For a bit of extra strictness, you can start your Perl programs with:

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use strict;

which can make things more comfortable for C/C++ programmers and is a good idea anyway.

I think there are two things about Perl - nay, three - that are 'hard' and the rest is easy. They are the weird data types (very unlike other programming languages; not ints and chars here, just scalars, lists and hashes), the regular expressions (if you're not already familiar with them they can be mind-boggling), and the object oriented stuff.

Persevere though. There's nothing quite like Perl.

bl00dninja · Apr 30th, 2005, 8:03 PM

this seems to be a pretty good site, but never looked into perl so i don't know

www.programmingtutorials.com

Apr 7th, 2005, 2:11 PM	#1
anandt4u Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	new to perl can someone tell me what is the best and easiest way to learn it...i know c and c++ ..but i find perl really tough to learn as there seems to be no general structure or typesafety here..always run into problems

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peace_of_mind Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hell if I know most of the time Posts: 439 Rep Power: 5	Rather than start a new thread, I'll piggy-back off this one. Anyone know of some good beginner tuts, preferably some I can download? I checked Bulio's (I think) thread in tutorials, some links were still good, but the tuts seemed very specific. An ebook would be ideal, but any introductory level tutorial will do just fine. __________________ Amateurs built the ark Professionals built the Titanic

Apr 30th, 2005, 3:21 PM	#4
mackenga Professional Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 328 Rep Power: 4	On a Unix box, the Perl manpages are actually incredibly good. Try "man perl" to get started. There are plenty of tutorials in there on various subjects. For a bit of extra strictness, you can start your Perl programs with: (Toggle Plain Text) use strict; use strict; which can make things more comfortable for C/C++ programmers and is a good idea anyway. I think there are two things about Perl - nay, three - that are 'hard' and the rest is easy. They are the weird data types (very unlike other programming languages; not ints and chars here, just scalars, lists and hashes), the regular expressions (if you're not already familiar with them they can be mind-boggling), and the object oriented stuff. Persevere though. There's nothing quite like Perl.

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bl00dninja Programming Guru Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: namespace std Posts: 1,246 Rep Power: 6	this seems to be a pretty good site, but never looked into perl so i don't know www.programmingtutorials.com __________________ i put on my robe and wizard hat... Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?...Morons.

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Cerulean Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London, England Posts: 459 Rep Power: 4	Tutorials all the way. Look for good reading material on the net and get cracking. Perl, like C, is a beast to tame. You'll just need to work at it i'm afraid.

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