Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-06 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hello, If you've no experience whatsoever, then Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics is very helpful - then move on to Learning Perl I guess. It assumes no prior knowledge, and although its focus is on Biology, it's all just data isn't it? Cheers, Harvey --- On 2/4/2004 10:17

Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-06 Thread km
Hi all, sorry i think its the otherway around. first one should know the technical basics of Perl language then dive into books like 'Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics'. As far as i have seen people who have learnt Perl language initially and then read books like those fared far better than

Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-06 Thread km
Hi all, learning about basics like scalar variables and arrays etc. first is a little daunting. With the Bioinfo. book I was writing programs (well, If u are a novice to programming, well it might be a bit difficult initially - i agree. doing the exercises) straight away. Kinda like when

Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-06 Thread Harvey Kelly
Hello all, Yeah that does make sense, but my experience (and I'm only speaking for myself here) is that learning about basics like scalar variables and arrays etc. first is a little daunting. With the Bioinfo. book I was writing programs (well, doing the exercises) straight away. Kinda like

(U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-04 Thread Johnson, Michael
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Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-04 Thread wolf blaum
Hi, I like: Learning Perl by Randal Schwartz Tom Phoenix as a good introduction with tons of further references Programing Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant as the ultimate refernce and pillow Mastering Perl/Tk by Steve Lidie and Nancy Walsh for times when I dont have

Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-04 Thread drieux
On Feb 4, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Johnson, Michael wrote: CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I guess a part of the question is at what level. My general documentation is at: http://www.wetware.com/drieux/CS/Proj/TPFH/gen_doc.html if you feel at home reading just Perl Doc's, the

Re: (U) What are the best Perl books out there ... More than 1 is fin e ... list as many as you like

2004-02-04 Thread Randy W. Sims
On 2/4/2004 10:17 PM, wolf blaum wrote: Hi, I like: Learning Perl by Randal Schwartz Tom Phoenix as a good introduction with tons of further references Programing Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Jon Orwant as the ultimate refernce and pillow Mastering Perl/Tk by Steve Lidie and