>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rob> With regard to 'Learning Perl' and 'Learning Perl on Win32 Systems', can Rob> anybody who has read either or both of these books comment on their Rob> usefulness for an inexperienced programmer wishing to use Perl on a Rob> Windows platform? I have read neither but know that Learning Perl is well Rob> reputed. It would seem obvious to choose the Win32 volume, but I notice Rob> that the book is now nearly ten years old. "Learning Perl on Win32 Systems" is still being published only because it sells. It was based on the second edition of Learning Perl, which was clearly Unix-bias. For the third and fourth editions of Learning Perl, we've worked hard to reduce the Unix bias, such that the books now have no known win32-hostile sections. In fact, if you use Strawberry Perl instead of ActiveState Perl, it'll match exactly. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
