Richard Hobson wrote: > Thanks Brian > > On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:37 -0400, "Brian J. Miller" >> Interesting first choice, but okay... Was there something in particular >> that you are getting hung up on? > > Yeah, the complexity of chess! I'm getting there. I do miss a lot of > short-cuts and efficiencies in Perl that would help, but this is a good > exercise to learn Perl. >
"Miss a lot of short-cuts" as in they aren't in Perl, or you just haven't found them? Can you give a for instance? >> I'd disagree and say that your suggestion of Intermediate Perl would be >> the next best step. >> >> A book. Some descriptions are more in depth and having a book with a >> table of contents and index can often be easier to reference when you >> don't know *where* to look in perldoc, but much of the information will >> be the same. (Any number of sites and Google can help with where to >> look.) > > OK. I'll probably stick with perldoc and get "Intermediate Perl". I'm > currently unemployed, so I can't really fork out for both books right > now - but I have plenty of time to learn Perl! > Sorry to hear that, I once felt that "Perl" stood for "Paid Employment Recently Located" after finding a job during the last bubble burst. You might try a local library, or depending on your location a Perl Mongers group or Linux Users Group, in which case someone is likely to have a copy you can borrow. Additionally if you look at "perldoc perl" you will get a list of docs, reviewing the "tutorials" there, particularly on objects, references, and modules (the original name of Intermediate Perl) will get you more advanced quickly. http://www.pm.org/ - for Perl Mongers groups HTH and good luck, -- Brian J. Miller End Point Corp. http://www.endpoint.com/ br...@endpoint.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
