Tracy R Reed wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> bit overly Geeky. But I have just recently picked up the Learning Perl >> book. > > I don't know where there are any classes nearby you but I highly > recommend Learning Perl. It is how I learned perl way back when and it > was excellent. I also recommend having a personal project that you wish > to use perl to implement. I find it darn near impossible to learn a new > language if you don't have an itch to scratch. >
There is also a *lot* of pretty good stuff on the web. Just search on perl tutorial and get many hits. The links at http://perldoc.perl.org/index-tutorials.html contain especially good topically focussed articles for when you want to figure out something specific[1]. In face many of these are the actual guts of the usual perl books. All written by good perl writers. Perl has lots of really good authors (which python people envy)! But you probably want a general reference to get overview coverage. I second the recommendation of Learning Perl, but you may profit from scanning the shorter online hits that fit the overview description. Regards, ..jim [1] BTW, many of these may be available on your machine via man and/or perldoc. Try man perl or perldoc perl. All those topics shown on the main page each have their own docs, ex: man perlre (or perldoc perlre). The web ones are, of course, displayed in a browser, which appearance you may prefer. And they are hyperlinked. ..j -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
