[techtalk] Perl for idiots?

[erin at cybertrails.com]

Oreilly "learning perl" is great.  I do not have ANY programming experience whatsoever and have found perl to be quite easy.  I am a System Administrator for an isp and it has saved my life more than a few times.. and it is easy easy easy.

Erin Martin
System Administrator
Cybertrails
602-906-1761
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,
> Lori
> 
> 
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