Richard Hobson wrote: > So, I've done the "Learning Perl" book, and frustrating myself no end by > trying to write a chess program using just the knowledge contained in > "Learning Perl" and with no modules. >
Interesting first choice, but okay... Was there something in particular that you are getting hung up on? > I thought about getting "Intermediate Perl", but I've heard that > "Programming Perl" is the best next step. > I'd disagree and say that your suggestion of Intermediate Perl would be the next best step. > But, what's the advantage of "Programming Perl" when we have "perldoc"? > What does the book give me that perldoc does not? > A book. Some descriptions are more in depth and having a book with a table of contents and index can often be easier to reference when you don't know *where* to look in perldoc, but much of the information will be the same. (Any number of sites and Google can help with where to look.) > Thanks, > Richard > -- Brian J. Miller End Point Corp. http://www.endpoint.com/ br...@endpoint.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
