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Summary: The definitive book on Perl.
Comment: This book is easy to read and the topics are well organized
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Summary: A Great Starter; two tiny problems, not insurmountable
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This accessible and practical book can make a Non-Programmer into a Proud CGI Guru, given that the beginner understands some basic logical structures, and is willing to meet the authors halfway.PROBLEM 1: The book assumes a fairly extensive Unix background, so doesn't always explain itself where that's concerned. SOLUTION: Just ignore the bits that don't apply to you and keep going. PROBLEM 2: The first chapter can be intimidating. SOLUTION: Understand it to be an overview: "Here's what you can do with perl." Run its programs to see how they work, experiment with them, but don't freak out if you don't understand them completely. Alternately, just skip on to Chapter 2. We enjoyed Learning Perl, and found it a good beginner's book for this language or for programming in general. The touches of humor could be annoying to some, but we thought they added readability and interest.
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Summary: Definitely a Good Value
Comment: The book was thorough and detailed as are most of the O'Reilly series. However, for the perl beginner, I was confused at time by the syntax, and after re-reading some sections a few times, I was still a bit unclear on some issues. Consequently, this book was a great starting point to search other sources for assistance... usually online or other free sources. The code is presented and usually explained, but often times not completely. With the "Programming Perl" book by O'Reilly publisher, to accompany this book, learning perl would become much more easier. Alone, this book is decent.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: A very good book for learning... especially useful is the way that chapter 1 summarizes the whole book... after I struggled through chapter 1, I only needed to reference bits of the rest of the book to fill in a few blank areas.
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Summary: A very good introduction
Comment: As a dinosaur who hasn't programmed since the Fortran days of the '70's, I fail to understand the comments below criticising the book's accessibility, and especially the first chapter.I found the book to be one of the best introductions to a programming language I have ever read. I especially liked the first chapter that took you line by line through the construction of a sample program. Each concept was carefully explained in the context of those that went before. It doesn't get better than that.
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