Re: If I could get just one Perl Book what should it be?

[Geraint Jones]

On Monday 25 June 2001  3:03 pm, you wrote:
> To all,
>
> I have programmed in C, Fortran, C++, Java, Awk, Korn Shell, but  I am
> new to Perl.   I already have a few quick reference documentation for
> Perl in a Linux in a nutshell book.   I have money to buy just one Perl
> book.   What is the best one book that I can get to teach me Perl??
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Brian

I would recommend (if your budget will allow) you get "The Perl CD Bookshelf" 
which now includes the 3rd edition of Learning Perl. While about twice the 
price of a normal Perl book, it includes 6 books on 1 CD as well as Perl in a 
Nutshell in paperback form. Check out 
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlcdbs2/
There are sections in some books about programming in CGI. That should be 
more than enough to get you started!

Geraint.