On 10/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Wilhelm</b> <<a href="mailto:scratchcomputing@gmail.com">scratchcomputing@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
# from Frank Wiles<br># on Saturday 06 October 2007 08:36:<br><br>>My Perl journey started in 1997. Back then there weren't a ton<br>> of learning options other than Programming Perl and perldoc,<br>> so that's what I used.
<br><br>There were more options in 2002, but Programming Perl seemed the most<br>definitive of the choices at the bookstore, so that's what I used. And<br>perldoc, which /could/ be better organized in some places, but always
<br>rewards the careful reader.<br><br>I've looked at Learning Perl and others since then, but I'm easily<br>dissappointed with the lack of completeness, correctness, and humor.<br><br>--Eric<br>--<br>Peer's Law: The solution to the problem changes the problem.
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<br>kc mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kc@pm.org">kc@pm.org</a><br><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/kc">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/kc</a><br></blockquote></div><br>What about Perl by Example (Ellie Quigley) or Beginning Perl (James
Lee) Apress??? I've noticed that those give a bit more detail and seem
to explain things a bit more thoroughly.<br>