Hi Rob, a few small corrections.
On Mon, 5 Mar 2012 17:32:12 +0100 Rob Coops <rco...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 12-03-05 10:19 AM, lina wrote: > > > >> Is the books wrote before 2006 a bit older, are there much changes in > >> the last 10 years for perl? > >> > > > > All changes to Perl are available via perldoc. > > > > `perldoc perl` and search for /delta/. > > > > `perldoc pelrdelta` gives the latest. > > > > > > -- > > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > > Shawn > > > > Programming is as much about organization and communication > > as it is about coding. > > > > It's Mutual Aid, not fierce competition, that's the dominate > > force of evolution. Of course, anyone who has worked in > > open source already knows this. > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > > > > > In general it is a good idea to read the information about what changed > between then and now as there are some changes that will usually not break > older code but will be the difference between a "Well written bit of code" > and a "Outdated bit of code" but in general most if not all of the things > you find in a good book from 2006 should still work now in 2012. > > As for a good book to begin with learning: "Learning Perl" > (ISBN: 1-4493-0358-7) also known as the camel book would be a good place to > start. Well, Learning Perl is the Llama book (after the Llama on its cover), while the Camel Book is Programming Perl ( here is the home page of the new 4th edition - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004927.do ). Programming Perl is not intended for beginners and aims to cover the entire Perl core (along with all the nitty-gritty details) in an informative and entertaining style. I have not read the 4th edition of the Camel yet, only the 3rd edition, which covers perl-5.6.x and while a very nice book has become a bit outdated with the advent of the "Modern Perl" philosophy. > Other things like websites such as: perl.com and perl-begin.org are > good resources to have a look at as well. Also see: * http://perl-tutorial.org/ (with the "-", the dash-less URL is something else entirely (and not recommended)). Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ My Public Domain Photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/shlomif/ When a FLOSS developer says they will work on something, he or she means “maybe”. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
