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Search this forum for 'learning perl'. This is a good thread:
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[blue]"Well, once again my friend, we find that science is a two headed beast. One head is nice, it gives us aspirin and other modern conveniences,...but the other head of science is BAD! Oh, beware the other head of science, Arthur; it bites!!" - The Tick[/blue]
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[blue]"Well, once again my friend, we find that science is a two headed beast. One head is nice, it gives us aspirin and other modern conveniences,...but the other head of science is BAD! Oh, beware the other head of science, Arthur; it bites!!" - The Tick[/blue]
Mephansteras
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The books mentioned in that thread are really good, as is the Perl Black Book, which I find indespensible for actually solving problems. It is geared towards people who have a job to do and need a solution now, not tomorrow. 
PROFESSORSPARKIE
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Besides the Perl Black Book which was mentioned above the next best book I use for teaching my students is “Perl and CGI” by David Lash, ISBN - 0-201-76436-9.
It teaches perl and the cgi protocol/concept with excellent examples. If I were only going to have one book, that would be it. And remarkably it’s small and cheap. About $30.00.
The Perl Black Book is thick but it contains small little sermonettes with you solving little problems your manager brings to you. It is not as good at teaching the overall concept.
Of course nothing beats a class if you are starting from class.
It teaches perl and the cgi protocol/concept with excellent examples. If I were only going to have one book, that would be it. And remarkably it’s small and cheap. About $30.00.
The Perl Black Book is thick but it contains small little sermonettes with you solving little problems your manager brings to you. It is not as good at teaching the overall concept.
Of course nothing beats a class if you are starting from class.
Here are two links that helped me immensely when I first started with perl -
Intro to all things perl -
Perl and CGI (for perl via the web)
Hope this help ....
Rab
Intro to all things perl -
Perl and CGI (for perl via the web)
Hope this help ....
Rab
If you're already proficient in data structures and/or other programming languages, and you really wanna jump right in, check out "Perl Cookbook", published by O'Reilly. It's a book for those who love learning by example. Besides it's the only Perl resource I've ever used in my 3ish years of programming in Perl (besides this forum, as of a month or so ago ).
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