--- Mel Matsuoka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 02:30 PM 07/26/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >I am a newbee, I have the book below.
> >Is it okay to start with this book??
> >
> >Perl and Cgi for the world wide web
> >by Elizabeth Castro.
>
> NO!!!!
>
> Pretty terrible book, obviously not written by an experienced Perl
> programmer. Check out Ovid's review at
> http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=21576&lastnode_id=23304
>
> Start with Randal Schwartz's "Learning Perl" or Andrew Johnson's "Elements
> of Programming with Perl" (the latter is better if you dont have any
> programming experience to begin with)
>
> Aloha,
> mel
Wow. I'm getting used as a reference :)
I suppose, since my review was mentioned, that I should point out that Mark-Jason
Dominus took
*strong* exception to my review and mentions that he has recommended Elizabeth
Castro's book to
beginners. He posted a response to my review (under the name 'Dominus') and while I
disagree with
what he has to say, his response is well worth reading.
Cheers,
Curtis Poe
=====
Senior Programmer
Onsite! Technology (http://www.onsitetech.com/)
"Ovid" on http://www.perlmonks.org/
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