Hi, i'm new to this list and i'm a newbie... anyway, i would suggest the o'reilly perl cd bookshelf for this. (n.b. there is a mirror of it somehere on the internet, if you would like to have a look on that, email me privately. (that is obviously illegal, of course.)
-- Calvin "Lamer" Uncertified Linux Player Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jay Latham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: Re: (OT) Perl books > 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 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
