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• Books (Score:1)

  by cog (4665) <{cog} {at} {cpan.org}> on 2005.07.07 10:54 (#41696) Homepage Journal

  Hello, newcomer :-)
  
  I've been doing Perl for some years now and I do own a bunch of Perl books...
  
  That one you mention there... never heard of it :-\
  
  If I had to recommend you just one book to start with, it would definitely be, without hesitation, "Learning Perl", by Randal Schwartz [amazon.com]. [1]
  
  Now *that* is a book.
  
  Plus, everybody knows Randal. Those *three* authors of that book you mention? Never heard of them. I couldn't even find any of them on the CPAN or other Perl related sites, so...
  
  But wait, there's more!
  
  Have a look at all of Paul Whitehead's books [amazon.com].
  
  That guy is no Perl expert... That guy is a writer.
  
  Read Choosing a Perl Book [perl.com], by Simon Cozens, run your book through the items there and tell us how it did ;-)
  
  If you have the time, also see the One Minute Perl Book Reviews [schwern.org], by Michael G. Schwern, also on the same subject.
  
  Also, I wouldn't trust a guy who writes books on Perl *and* books on PHP O;-)
  
  Oh, and welcome aboard :-)
  
  [1] - Oh, but do realize that the fourth edition of this book will be out in a couple of weeks, so... you might want to hold two more weeks and get yourself a revised book :-)
  
  A note:
  
  * Randal Schwartz, Simon Cozens, Michael G. Schwern? They're the good guys.
  
  * Paul Whitehead, Eric Kramer, Ruth Maran Maran? Well... :-)

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  • Re:Books (Score:1)

    by cog (4665)

    and tell us how it did

    I really mean that :-) Looking forward to the results :-)
  • Re:Books (Score:1)

    by eyidearie (6032)

    Wow... that's some research you did right there! Thanks a lot, it's certainly helpful :-)