On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:49:08 -0500 "Leonid Grinberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, several things: > > Perl does NOT encourage bad behavior. It simply makes it easier to code > poorly. > Perl is not as difficult to learn as people say it is. > > The best place to start would be Google. That is how I learned it. The > package ``perl'' will have the interpreter. The package perl-doc will > have the command ``perldoc'' (yes, the package has a dash - the > program does not). perldoc has lots of nice documentation. I suggest > getting ``Learning Perl'' and ``The Perl Cookbook'' if you can. Also, > sign up for the mailing list beginners@perl.org where many nice people > will help you use the language. > I just looked on http://lists.cpan.org/ and there were 266 mailing lists related to Perl. This shows how popular it is but can also be off-putting for a newcomer to the language. Which list to choose? Several are for beginners. I purchased the O'Reilly book Learning Perl and it is the only O'Reilly book I have ever regretted buying. The examples are contrived and confusing; the authors seem more concerned with being humorous then with being educational. OTOH the O'Reilly book Learning Python was clear, concise and informative which is one reason why I now use Python (still learning) > Any extension works, but .pl is conventional for command line. > Sometimes, people give it no extension at all. For web servers, either > .cgi or .pl are usually used. > > Good luck! Feel free to email me if you have any questions! > > > At the end of the day it's whatever you feel most comfortable with. -- John K Masters - User #417400 in the Linux Counter http://counter.li.org/ No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
