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• It isn't on your list but... (Score:1)

  by zatoichi (4897)

  I have done a once through of "Perl Medic" by Peter J. Scott and I must say it is a fantastic Perl resource.

  I am reading it again though more slowly this time. I heartily agree with the cover blurb: If you code in Perl, you need to read this book.

  I am almost a level 5 Perl programmer to the list given. :-)
  • Re:It isn't on your list but... (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    I've been hearing lots of good things on "Perl Medic" :-) I guess it must be good :-) It will probably be on my list :-)
• My Opinion (Score:1)

  by phillup (4419)

  I've got a lot of the Perl books on your list, but I don't know where you are in needed / desired skills. I do mostly CGI programming with Mason... so, take this with that in mind.
  
  If I was limited to one Perl book from the list, it would be Perl Cookbook. It is a great book to have around when you have a common problem and you want ideas for a starting point. Without knowing more about your specific needs or desires, I'd say that is one of the best generalized books on the list. I also found it useful when
  • Re:My Opinion (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    I don't know where you are in needed / desired skills

    Mostly, I do Perl for fun and easiness of those terrible tasks, but I don't really have any specific needs... I've always been interested in expanding my skills and knowledge, but in no specific areas...

    I'm going to follow your advice and leave those other two books for later :-) I will probably buy the Cookbook, this time :-)

    If after making up my first list I still find space for another book, it will probably be "Object Oriented Perl". That's an i
• One each (Score:1)

  by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

  I recommend that you get (at least) one of each.
  Fiction: Rendezvous with Rama or anything by Arthur C. Clarke.
  Perl: Perl Cookbook is the only book left on your list that I have read. (I actually have most of those on my list as well.)
  • Re:One each (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    OK, I'm getting the point with "Perl Cookbook" :-)

    As for Arthur, I already have a couple of his books (2001, Expedition to Earth), but I have been hearing so many good thing on this one, and I can't find it in Portugal, so... I guess I'll have to send it in! :-)

    Tell me, is that book a complete story, or is it just part of a greater one? (I've seen quite a few books with the name "Rama" on them...)
    • Rama (Score:1)

      by Mr. Muskrat (4572)

      It's definitely a complete story. The other books in the series are supposed to pick up where this one leaves off but I never made it past Rama II. (I didn't like the collabrative work.)
      • Re:Rama (Score:1)

        by jdavidboyd (3251)

        I would say don't ever bother. They go downhill, and I thought the ending was trite trash...
  • Re:One each (Score:2)

    by VSarkiss (704)

    Rendezvous with Rama or anything by Arthur C. Clarke

    If I had to pick one Clarke book to recommend, it would have to be Childhood's End [isbn.nu]. The original "Rama" is indeed good, but it suffers from a very weak ending, IMHO. Of all his books, "Childhood's End" is my all-time favorite.