>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Lott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> For what it is--a book that is meant to accompany or represent
Chris> a particular class of a particular length in hours-- LP is
Chris> great. For programmers in other languages, or who even have
Chris> experience in any other language, it is probably great. For me,
Chris> with very little experience of any kind, it didn't work out so
Chris> well.
Ahh! You aren't part of the target market, so of course it feels
awkward. OK, that makes me breathe easier.
Learning Perl is the book recommended by most *for existing
programmers*. We presume someone starting the book understands how to
use arrays and subroutines and things of that complexity, and that
we're simply showing them how to do that in Perl.
And yes, for a non-programmer, I never recommend Learning Perl... I
usually point them to whatever book seems best about that at the time,
which has varied as new books come out.
Thanks for clarifying that. I was beginning to think I was off my
rockers and out of touch with reality. :)
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