[clue] Perl references?

[Chris Fedde]

I can't recommend Modern Perl highly enough.  Another good resource is
Effective Perl.    If there is enough interest I'd be happy to organize a
study group.
On Jul 10, 2015 5:21 PM, <foo7775 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hey Mike,
>
>   I've been "dinking around" with learning Perl for a while now, & while
> the Llama & Camel books are good, they just don't "do it" for me - the
> Llama book seemed too "theoretical", & I find the endless Flintstones
> references tiresome, I guess.  The book that *really* made me feel like I
> could be productive with Perl is 'Minimal Perl' by Tim Maher *(link to
> Amazon page below)*:
>
>      http://preview.tinyurl.com/porzge5
>
>   What this book does is to outline various Perl capabilities in ways that
> relate to UNIX capabilities that you're probably already familiar with, &
> that change in the way that the subject is approached made a noticeable
> difference for me.  I also occasionally look at 'Perl by Example' by
> Quiqley, but I that's mostly just in the hope of having a new concept
> explained in a different manner when I'm not getting it otherwise.
>
>   Finally, you can also download a *free* copy of the book 'Modern Perl'
> by Chromatic at the link below:
>
>      http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html
>
>   I hope that this is helpful.
>
> T.
>
> (P.S.  I hope that I'm not being pedantic when I say this, but there's no
> 'a' in Perl.)   ;-)
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Mike Bean" <beandaemon at gmail.com>
> *To: *"CLUE's mailing list" <clue at cluedenver.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:32:03 PM
> *Subject: *[clue] Pearl references?
>
>
> Et al,
>
> I've taken a job where management is sort of gently encouraging us to
> learn programming, usually either python or pearl.   While I know of
> several good python references/handbooks, I know of no good pearl
> references.   Can anyone recommend good websites/books?
>
> Mike B
>
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