[techtalk] a good perl book

[srl]

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Clair Mooza wrote:

> I don't know the first thing about Perl and am very new to Linux/Unix.
> I was wondering what a good first book(s) would be to start with.  I am
> looking for a reference book and also for a book that I can sit down and
> read through to familiarize myself with Perl.  Thanks!

the O'Reilly Press book *Learning Perl* is the canonical first step
for learning Perl. as you get better with it, get *Programming Perl*
or perhaps *Learning Regular Expressions* (?), also both published
by O'Reilly. www.oreilly.com will tell all. 

HTH,
srl
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Shane Renee Landrum 
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