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Summary: Good book for every one who is programming in Perl
Comment: This book is perfect for what the title says: Learning Perl. I own this book, the Programming Perl book, and the Advanced Perl book. All three are great for different things. If you've never written a line of Perl before this is the book to get. It will show you how to do most things related to Perl, and will even get you started in CGI and Database access. The authors often point toward valuable web resources like CPAN. In addition, the book is fun to read- not drab and dull like other programming books (this seems to be an O'Reilly thing, and maybe why I buy so many of their books). I've written a lot of Perl code over the last year or so and I still often refer to this book for little things that I forget (like syntax for certain things, etc). This book sees the most use out of the three Perl books I own (although Programming Perl is pretty worn too). Definately a must-have for anyone serious about programming in Perl. Especially if you write in a lot of languages like I do and don't have the brain capacity to memorize every nuance of every language. This book is easy to find information in.
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Summary: Best book for beginners
Comment: This book is very good for beginners. As all O'Reilly books it has a very good index.
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Summary: A good introduction to Perl that starts from the basics
Comment: This is a good introduction to Perl, but it is for the novice programmer. I come from a C++ background, and it seemed that half of this book was about half theory that I already know (the syntax is a bit different, but that's no big deal). However, if you have not programmed before, this would be an excellent start. One other point to note is that this book assumes some basic knowledge of UNIX. I work with Macs mostly, so I did not always understand the UNIX references.
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Summary: Very Good Book !
Comment: A very good book as your first contact with Perl. And the best foreword I've ever read in a technical book ! Certainly a must have item.
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Summary: A very good perl beginner book
Comment: If you just start learning Perl, this is definitely a good book to start with. You can build a solid foundation of Perl skills with this book. However, if you are serious with Perl, you will need more advanced books like "programming with Perl".
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