Description: This book can be considered to be a part of a two part series - first you read this book, then you read "Programming Perl," after which time you start writing poetry in Perl. This book offers a good introduction to Perl with very little knowledge needed, but it does not bore someone experienced in shell scripting or general programming. The sequence of events starts a bit slow, but picks up as experience grows. The exercises are exactly as they should be - they offer a good chance to get experience but don't feel as if they are coming out of the blue. They usually involve extending or changing the example programs given earlier in the chapter, and they are usually something that once you grasp the underlying concept will take very little time to implement. The title is very appropriate. There is a lot to Perl that is not covered (at least in any depth) in this book. The much thicker Programming Perl book takes up that slack, but the existance of this book is inspiring - you can read th ..
ISBN:
0596001320
Release Date:
15 July, 2001
List Price:
$24.47
Author:
Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix
Publisher:
O'Reilly & Associates
Last Updated:
06/26/2003
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