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Summary: Great for aspiring Perl programmers
Comment: If you are new to Perl, this is the book you should go for. It provides an entertaining and thorough stroll through the language. If you are quite familiar with this type of language (like C, C++, or scripting languages) then you should acquire Programming Perl (but then, you should buy that book in any case). I bought both Learning Perl and Programming Perl, and I have not regretted Learning Perl at all, because of its great tutorial ability.
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Summary: Great book for beginning programming on a *NIX platform.
Comment: If you haven't done much programming on a *NIX box, then this book is for you. If you have, but just need an intro to Perl, it's still pretty good, but very light reading - you might as well buy a copy of Programming Perl at the same time, so you can just shift over when you're done. Especially good if you have no programming experience whatsoever, but don't fault the book for not teaching you *NIX - it's not meant to do that.
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Summary: Really good book, but..
Comment: I would reccomend going with Programming Perl if you already have some knowledge of other programming languages. Go with Learning Perl if perl is your first programming language (which it shouldn't be). Over all, I'd reccomend that you buy both Programming Perl and Learning Perl to get your perl book collection started :), but Programming Perl if you can only get one book right now.
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Summary: Not straightforward, but contains valuble information
Comment: While this book isn't quite as comprihensive as 'Programming Perl' by Larry Wall, it still assumes basic knowledge of procedural programming. I bought this book after one semester of C++, and shortly thereafter, I was rewriting that semester's work in Perl. Also, the 'Regular Expressions' Chapter does make several refrences to grep and sed, which seems to irritate some non-UNIX savvy reviewers. I have no real knowledge of UNIX shell scripting, but I was able to understand the sections in the book which make heavy reference to it, those references may just make it easier for UNIX programmers to undestand; it's hardly an impediment to anyone else.Overall, the book is not easy reading, but if you got an 'A' in your introductory C/C++ class, this book should not be a problem. One common thing I've noticed about programming books on amazon is that, either reviewers praise or bash a particular book, so make sure you 'get' programming before spending $50 on a non-introductory book like this one.
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Summary: Very good book
Comment: A very good book to learn the basic fonction of perl...perl is my first programmation language and this book is very helpfull for me
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