I highly recommend, for a first perl book, Sams Teach yourself Perl in 21 Days. Despite it's false title, it's a very well written book, the author Laura Lemay, is a very good technical writer.
Once you've tackled that book. I do recommend picking up Programming Perl (3rd Edition). It's the perfect reference book and I often go to it. On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:22:12PM -0500, Jay Latham wrote: > I hope I don't get flamed for asking this on this > list but here goes. > I've decided that it's time I learned a little about > programming and I've decided that, for various reasons, > Perl would be a good place to start. But I'm confused on > which book would be best for a total newbie. I've been > leaning towards the oreilly books Learning Perl 3rd edition, > and/or Programming Perl but thought I'd ask for opinons > before making the purchase. Any suggestions? > -- > > Jay Latham > > Beer is proof God loves us and > wants us to be happy! > > Benjamin Franklin > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Nick Jennings
