[ale] Good perl book for an absolute script beginner.

[Geoffrey]

Rene Rasmussen wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:32:08 -0400 Ben Coleman <oloryn at benshome.net>
> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Rene Rasmussen wrote: | Can anyone recommend a good perl
>> programming/learning book? | I have programmed in C and C++ before
>> but never in perl. (My C and C++ programming has only been done on
>> a dos system until now. Never got around to learning the windows
>> stuff.)
>> 
>> 
>> You can find a list of usable intro-to-perl books at 
>> http://learn.perl.org/.  Note the link to their online library,
>> where some of these books are available online.
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> Thanks for the tip. I have looked at quite a few of the books now and
> focused my attention on two of them: "Learning perl (3rd ed)" and
> "Programming perl (3rd ed)".
> 
> Anyone have any experience with these two? Especially, do I need both
> or is it enough to use "Programming perl (3rd ed)"?


Get Learning perl first, then programming perl.  I have both. 
(1st,2nd,3rd editions of programming perl).

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