Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-29 Thread Lamer
t;Lamer" Uncertified Linux Player Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Nick Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jay Latham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: Re: (OT) Perl books > I highly recom

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Nick Jennings
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

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:22:12PM -0500, Jay Latham wrote: > 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

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread John S. J. Anderson
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:22:12 -0500, Jay Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: Jay> I've decided that it's time I learned a little about programming Jay> and I've decided that, for various reasons, Perl would be a good Jay> place to start. But I'm confused on which book would be best for Jay> a to

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Bud Rogers
On Thursday 28 June 2001 15:52, Michael Merten wrote: > I got really good results from the Perl CD Bookshelf. It's > worth every extra penny to have the (fully indexed) resources of > 6 perl books available at the click of a browser button. I can heartily second that recommendation. After I bo

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Michael Merten
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:22:12 -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 >whi

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Joost Kooij
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 04:30:10AM +1000, Steve Kowalik wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:22:12PM -0500, Jay Latham uttered: > > before making the purchase. Any suggestions? > They are both great. By them both if you can, and start with Learning Perl. ME TOO !!! ;-) Cheers, Joost

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Steve Kowalik
On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:22:12PM -0500, Jay Latham uttered: > 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 con

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Hamma Scott
I'm pretty much where you are. It's those quick starts and stops that kill ya.Those books are good http://www.perl.org http://www.perlmonks.com are 2 sites that have some pretty good stuff. --- Jay Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope I don't get flamed for asking this on this > list but he

Re: (OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Scott Vaverchak
I have come to relize you don't really need a book for perl. You can learn most of perl online. Just search for "Perl Tutorial" on google. But then again I think if you are begining programming. You should most likely start with C. Its tougher but you can pick up a language pretty fast after learn

(OT) Perl books

2001-06-28 Thread Jay Latham
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