On 07/10/2011 03:19 PM, Chris Nehren wrote:
Does the sixth edition still encourage bad practices like calling subs with&, not using three-arg open with lexical filehandles, and the like?
I read Learning Perl 2 e. and it was worth every penny. So, I'm offering a blind recommendation based on that positive impression from years ago. If you think the current edition is messed up, please post examples. provide links, and/or contact the authors.
Maybe start with Modern Perl ...
Modern Perl struck me as a book of finer points by an expert for experts. I wouldn't recommend it as a first text.
Programming Perl ... Printed references for software are always subpar due to how fast-moving any non-moribund software project is.
Perhaps, but I still enjoy having a good printed language reference. I look forward to buying Camel 4 e.. :-)
This pretty unilaterally discards the efforts Adam Kennedy and others have put into Strawberry Perl, and completely ignores business requirements to run on Windows.
I'm not discounting Strawberry Perl, ActivePerl, Cygwin, DJGPP, or any of the others, but Perl is complex and Perl on Microsoft is even more complex. I think it's best to start with Perl on its native platform, and deal with the Microsoft complexities later.
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