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Learning Perl
Learning Perl 5th Edition
by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix & Brian d Foy July 2008 ISBN: 978-0-596-52010-6 Quote:
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Learning Perl, is one hell of a great book.
If you don't know any programming languages, you'll probably still learn enough to learn more. If you know one or are just rusty, you'll find the rest in the manual pages. I checked it out sometime ago to brush up on Perl syntax after a long time of using other languages, and found the llama book both useful and entertaining. Thanks to the speed at which I could pick up the missing points from the book, Perl quickly became a best friend in my tool kit after reading it all. It is a must read IMHO for any one working with the Perl language, and deserves a place on the bookshelf if you can afford a copy.
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Two books that I have in my library are Elements of Programming with Perl and Minimal Perl. Excellent books, both. In comparson, the Llama comes across more as a reference book than a learning book. At least the fourth edition did. I haven't seen the fifth edition.
Manning Press has several other Perl books. I have firsthand experience only with the two that I mentioned. But, based on those two books, odds are good that the others are keepers also. For someone starting Perl from scratch, I would recommend Elements of Programming with Perl over The Llama. YMMV. |
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I started with "Perl Cookbook" by Christiansen/Torkington and moved on to "Programming Perl" by Wall/Schwartz and then "Advanced Perl Programming" by Sriram Srinivasan. I learn most quickly by seeing examples, so that trio was particularly good.
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perl core language: little black book (most read)
Minimal perl (most recent, not read yet) perl by example (iirc; and I might have bought it already)
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