[techtalk] Perl for idiots?

[Chris Gay]

hi,
I recommend the learning perl book.   Perl was the first language I learned, and
I didn't think it was to hard at all.   I don't push the camel book like others, as
it seems to be printed man pages...
Chris

> The books to get are "Learning Perl" and "Programming Perl" from
> O'Reilly.  THere are several others... but Learning is a good book to
> learn from.  And Programming... well everyone has the *Camel Book*.
>
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 04:54:11PM -0400, Lori wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Sorry that I'm sure this has been asked before, but...
> >
> > I am almost finished w/ a first semester Java class, and have kicked around
> > some ASP and JavaScript.  I've never done anything w/ C or C++ yet, wont have
> > that in school 'til the fall.  But I have been offered a job where they'll want
> > me to learn Perl and I am wondering, should I do this?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Thanks,_
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