<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15601"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15600">It's not O'Riley but the "Perl Black Book" was my favorite. Nearly 1,000 pages with every page dealing with an issue and a complete perl solution.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15602"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15579" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15578"><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Perl_Black_Book_2Nd_Ed_With_Cd.html?id=6kCWinNuop4C" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15575">Perl Black Book (2Nd Ed.) (With Cd)</a><br></span></div><div style="width:450px; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';margin-top:5px; margin-bottom: 5px; background-color: #ffffff;" contenteditable="false" id="enhancrCard_0" class="link-enhancr-attachment link-enhancr-element richcompose-card"><table class="link-enhancr-element" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:450px; height:170px; position: relative; display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15607"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15606"><tr class="link-enhancr-element"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="8" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1px; line-height:0px;"> </div></td></tr><tr class="link-enhancr-element" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15605"><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element link-enhancr-image-wrap enhancr-image-crop" rowspan="5" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 168px; height: 168px; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15619"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 168px;" align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15618"><a href="https://books.google.com/books/about/Perl_Black_Book_2Nd_Ed_With_Cd.html?id=6kCWinNuop4C" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" style="text-decoration: none !important;text-decoration:none; color: #000000 !important;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15617"><img alt="image" src="https://s.yimg.com/vv//api/res/1.2/bwbBs3ae02f_899L6EV9RA--/YXBwaWQ9bWFpbDtmaT1maWxsO2g9MTY4O3c9MTY4/https://books.google.com/books/content?id=6kCWinNuop4C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&imgtk=AFLRE71YnzUneYJ22p7iHuZQr1QCPoKtoiUDU7gTbWUzN1hoZj7iGnkb6SBrPkgTN0BxKYlvDwNe59Wfqffd1AyOZ5R6xvtG_OUu4hoPiK8WqAwJyPuoQi57A71FXaWryfOEUZURyDAo.cf.jpg" class="link-enhancr-thumbnail-image link-enhancr-element yahoo-ignore-inline-image" width="168" height="168" style="display: block; margin: auto;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15616"></a></div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15615"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 14px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 14pt;"> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15604"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="height: 6px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 6pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15603"> </div></td><td rowspan="5" class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 0pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 20px; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 20pt;"> </div></td><td class="link-enhancr-element" rowspan="5" width="1" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt; border-collapse: collapse;"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="width: 1px; background-color: #e5e5e5; font-size: 1pt;"> </div></td></tr><tr id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15613"><td class="link-enhancr-element" colspan="2" style="width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15612"><div class="link-enhancr-text-part link-enhancr-element" style="line-height:16.5px; background-color: #ffffff; height: 135px; width: 245px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15611"><div class="link-enhancr-element" style="word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455165485367_15610"><span c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ery fond memories of the Panther book: <br clear="none">_Advanced Perl Programming_.[1]  It's been a long time since I read it, <br clear="none">but I remember very distinctly feeling that it was the impetus for my <br clear="none">advancing to the next level in Perl programing.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Now, if you were willing to look beyond O'Reilly, then I would probably <br clear="none">recommend chromatic's _Modern Perl_.[2]  But within the O'Reilly <br clear="none">context, the Panther book is probably my top choice.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">HTH!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">        -- Buddy<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">[1] <br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Perl-Programming-Simon-Cozens/dp/0596004567" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Perl-Programming-Simon-Cozens/dp/0596004567</a><br clear="none">[2] <a shape="rect" href="http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/" target="_blank">http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/</a><div class="yqt0029987964" id="yqtfd72459"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Losangeles-pm mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Losangeles-pm@pm.org" href="mailto:Losangeles-pm@pm.org">Losangeles-pm@pm.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/losangeles-pm" target="_blank">http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/losangeles-pm</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </div></div></body></html>