[techtalk] Perl for idiots?

[Nicole Zimmerman]

Check out the O'reilly series on perl. I have found that it does a
pretty good job, and I don't think it refers to much C (if any). You
might try http://perl.oreilly.com

You might take a look at some perl documentation on the web and see if
it's something you want to learn before you dive in :o) Honestly, I'm
not sure that there are many programming languages easier than perl...
aside from the likes of solely scripting languages like ASP. :o)

-nicole

> I have heard that Perl is hard, and I don't know where to begin if I don't
> know any C yet.  It's great, challenging, geek sex-appeal for my motivation, but
> I don't want to take a job and fall on my face only because I am too new right
> now to programming. I have been meaning to learn about reg. expressions but
> never got around to, I think that is something else I will need.
> 
> Can anyone recommend me Perl books, etc. for newbies (that do *not* use C/C++
> as a reference for explaining it) or just tell me to start w/ something easier
> instead.