[oak perl] Can anyone recommend a good web site to learn perl?

David Fetter david at fetter.org
Sun Dec 30 16:22:14 PST 2007


On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 04:11:05PM -0800, Dan Dascalescu wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2007 3:44 PM, David Fetter <david at fetter.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 12:56:32PM -0800, Michael wrote:
> > > I have been programming in perl for a few years, but am always
> > > looking to expland my experience.  Has anyone come across a good
> > > site?
> >
> > Any of Randal Schwartz's books from O'Reilly should do.  Ask before
> > buying any other O'Reilly titles, as the quality varies widely.
> 
> In my opinion, the best web site to learn Perl that I know of, is
> http://www.sthomas.net/oldpages/roberts-perl-tutorial.htm

After a quick browse through that one, I just plain can't agree.  The
idioms used in there are basically from perl4, and a lot of the
recommendations, in my humble opinion, are just plain wrong.

So, by the way, is top-posting, so I've moved your comment to the
bottom where it belongs :)

Cheers,
David.
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