<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 10, 2015 5:21 PM, <<a href="mailto:foo7775@comcast.net">foo7775@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>Hey Mike,<br></div><div><br></div><div> 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 <em>(link to Amazon page below)</em>:<br></div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/porzge5" target="_blank">http://preview.tinyurl.com/porzge5</a><br></div><div><br></div><div> 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.<br></div><div><br></div><div> Finally, you can also download a *free* copy of the book 'Modern Perl' by Chromatic at the link below:<br></div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html" target="_blank">http://onyxneon.com/books/modern_perl/index.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div> I hope that this is helpful.<br></div><div><br></div><div>T.<br></div><div><br></div><div>(P.S. I hope that I'm not being pedantic when I say this, but there's no 'a' in Perl.) ;-)<br></div><div><br></div><hr><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>From: </b>"Mike Bean" <<a href="mailto:beandaemon@gmail.com" target="_blank">beandaemon@gmail.com</a>><br><b>To: </b>"CLUE's mailing list" <<a href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org" target="_blank">clue@cluedenver.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:32:03 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[clue] Pearl references?<br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><br></div>Et al,<br><div><br></div></div>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?<br><div><br></div></div>Mike B<br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue mailing list: <a href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org" target="_blank">clue@cluedenver.org</a><br>For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe see:<br><a href="http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue" target="_blank">http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue</a></div><div><br></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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