[boulder.pm] activity on this list

Jason Van Slyke jvanslyk at matchlogic.com
Fri Jan 21 09:34:21 CST 2000


-----Original Message-----
From: Boy Mozart [mailto:bmozart at frii.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 9:55 PM
To: boulder-pm-list at happyfunball.pm.org
Subject: Re: [boulder.pm] activity on this list

Enjoying all of the activity on this list. BM and others have shown some
good insights.

I launched my Perl experience with "Learning Perl". One of the few books I
have actually read from cover to cover. Now I use it for reference fairly
often and several other people stop by to check it out too. 

Beyond the basics and workable syntax questions, I have spent a bundle on
intermediate to advanced books even though my everyday use doesn't warrant
the expenditure (I just counted, there are 7 Perl books on the shelf, 2 are
on order to ship upon publisher release). The "Perl Cookbook", as BM pointed
out, is a very good source. 

Oh yeah, and as Stevi suggested, I'll probably end up getting Lincoln
Stein's book on CGI.pm. My kids are bare foot, the roof leaks, the tires are
showing cords and I'm buying computer books!? As so many people have
expressed so much more eloquently than I, Perl is an unusual language that
many of us find interesting, intuitive, and even fun to learn and use.

Jason



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