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But I have very 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>