Re: [FWP] drowning newbie

["Robert G. Werner" <rwerner@lx1.microbsys.com>]

I third and fourth and fifth this too.  In my defense,  I will note that I said
something about these books being the best "paper" documentation available ;-)

However,  man perl is definative.  Still,  I think the Llama will be a bit more
accessible to people new to programming.

Robert G. Werner
rwerner@lx1.microbsys.com
Impeach Conggress!!

And I alone am returned to wag the tail.

On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, S. Luke Jones wrote:

> > Let me second this.  Learning Perl (the Llama book) is a must if you are
> > 
> > > > Programming Perl (second edition);
> > > > Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen and Randal L. Schwartz;
> > > > O'Reilly & Associates
> > > 
> > > I think _Learning Perl_ is probably a better choice for a 'raw
> > > beginner'. 
> 
> I'm something of a newbie myself (two months or so) and things are
> just begining to make sense to me, so who am I to contradict this
> sage counsel, but, having read both the above, let me suggest the
> original questioner try 'man perl'. There's a ton of really great
> information just sitting there waiting to be read.
> 
> Also, not to suck up to anyone here in North Colorado, I think very
> highly of Christiansen & Torkington's "The Perl Cookbook."
> 
> -- 
> Luke Jones / luke at wsands dot com
> 
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