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Sep 1st, 2005, 12:18 AM
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Suggestions on a good Perl book
Does anyone know a good book on Perl? I prefer books that go in depth about Perl features, have lots of example code and contains questions and exercises at the end to test your knowledge.
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Sep 1st, 2005, 12:42 AM
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The official O'Reilly one is what put me on the right course. It's about $30USD last time I checked, and VERY thick and in-depth. AFAIK, it even goes over popular modules (though I haven't dusted it off in almost a year
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Sep 1st, 2005, 8:26 AM
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I only have two Perl books... this one is more advanced...
Professional Perl Programming by Peter Wainwright ISBN: 1-8619940-49-4 $59.99 USD Published by WROX
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Sep 2nd, 2005, 4:35 AM
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http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/ ... I bought my copy on ebay for under $20 and then ended up getting a second at an HP Perl training seminar. (1 for the office and one for the house ... go me!) EDIT: Perl in a Nutshell (O'Reilly) is also a good one to have around when you are using modules included with the standard distrobution of Perl. I own 3 copies of that particular book ...
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Sep 2nd, 2005, 9:25 PM
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Looking at the TOC for Programming Perl 3rd Edition, it looks like it covers some advanced topics that a beginner may have trouble understanding. Learning Perl 4th Edition looks more like a good book to start off with before moving to Programming Perl. Has anybody read this book?
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Sep 3rd, 2005, 3:02 AM
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#if 0 /* in case someone actually tries to compile this */ <Jim_McNeat> Is there like a way to put a compiler in "Just trust me on that one" mode? |
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