Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-21 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:23:57AM -0500, Robert Hicks wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 09:08:11AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>"Learning Perl on Win32 Systems" is still being published only because it > >>sells. It was based on the second edition of Learning Perl, wh

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-21 Thread Robert Hicks
Chad Perrin wrote: On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 09:08:11AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "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 Learnin

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-21 Thread Rob Dixon
Rob Dixon wrote: > With regard to 'Learning Perl' and 'Learning Perl on Win32 Systems', can anybody who has read either or both of these books comment on their usefulness for an inexperienced programmer wishing to use Perl on a Windows platform? I have read neither but know that Learning Perl is

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-19 Thread Larry Johnson
Chad Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Interesting. I don't think I'd heard of Strawberry Perl before now. Do >you recommend it over ActiveState? >I may have to give it a try the next time I boot a Windows machine >(which means it may be a few months before I try it out I hadn't heard of it ei

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-19 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 09:08:11AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > "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

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-19 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "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

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-18 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 12:04:27PM +, Rob Dixon wrote: > With regard to 'Learning Perl' and 'Learning Perl on Win32 Systems', can > anybody > who has read either or both of these books comment on their usefulness for > an > inexperienced programmer wishing to use Perl on a Windows platform? I

Re: Learning Perl books

2006-12-18 Thread Robert Hicks
Rob Dixon wrote: With regard to 'Learning Perl' and 'Learning Perl on Win32 Systems', can anybody who has read either or both of these books comment on their usefulness for an inexperienced programmer wishing to use Perl on a Windows platform? I have read neither but know that Learning Perl is

Learning Perl books

2006-12-18 Thread Rob Dixon
With regard to 'Learning Perl' and 'Learning Perl on Win32 Systems', can anybody who has read either or both of these books comment on their usefulness for an inexperienced programmer wishing to use Perl on a Windows platform? I have read neither but know that Learning Perl is well reputed. It wou