[LA.pm] O'Reilly favorites?

[Buddy Burden]

Dallas,

Did you ever get any answers to this query?

> Out of all the stuff available from O'Reilly:
>
> 1) What book would you recommend as the most usefull Perl book?
>
> (and if there is any difference :-) ):
>
> 2) What book would you recommend as the most (theoretically) important?

Well, of course it's hard to beat the Camel book for all-around 
usefulness.  But I have very fond memories of the Panther book: 
_Advanced Perl Programming_.[1]  It's been a long time since I read it, 
but I remember very distinctly feeling that it was the impetus for my 
advancing to the next level in Perl programing.

Now, if you were willing to look beyond O'Reilly, then I would probably 
recommend chromatic's _Modern Perl_.[2]  But within the O'Reilly 
context, the Panther book is probably my top choice.

HTH!


		-- Buddy


[1] 
http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Perl-Programming-Simon-Cozens/dp/0596004567
[2] http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/