Re: hello from a newbie

2013-10-27 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 03:27:49PM +0100, Dr.Ruud wrote: > On 2013-10-27 04:00, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > >#!/usr/bin/perl -w > > > >use strict; > >use warnings; > > > >my $exponent = $ARGV[0]; > >my $number = 2; > >my $result = $num

Re: hello from a newbie

2013-10-26 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:54:12AM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:06:56 +0530 > Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > i've been searching for books on learning and mastering perl and found > > the series by o'reilly to be quite well recommended. >

Re: hello from a newbie

2013-10-26 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 02:13:51PM -0700, John SJ Anderson wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > A pseudo-tangential question; > > Under the platform, I could do "apt-get install perltidy" to install > > perltidy, but there's

Re: hello from a newbie

2013-10-26 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 10:54:12AM -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:06:56 +0530 > Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > i've been searching for books on learning and mastering perl and found > > the series by o'reilly to be quite well recommended. >

Re: hello from a newbie

2013-10-26 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
(here's looking at you Ken Ivorson). Once you get comfortable > > with Perl, most every other Language feels clunky and contrived. > > > > Perl tries to stay out of the way and let you concentrate onwriting > > solutions to problems. > > > > Welcome

Re: hello from a newbie

2013-10-26 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 02:04:15PM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote: > Hi Mayuresh, > > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 16:06:56 +0530 > Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > > hi, this is my first mail to this list, and the first time i'll be > > working with perl. > > > > i

hello from a newbie

2013-10-26 Thread Mayuresh Kathe
hi, this is my first mail to this list, and the first time i'll be working with perl. i've been searching for books on learning and mastering perl and found the series by o'reilly to be quite well recommended. would i be right in my assumption about the o'reilly books being good? if not, are ther