Re: [MacPerl] A basic question.

[Patrick Beart <patrick@WebArchitecture.com>]

>At 4:26 PM -0500 1/2/99, Eric Mings wrote:
>>I recently bought the "Mac Perl Power and Ease" book in an attempt to
>>begin learning perl. ...snip... Having been subscribed to this list
>>for a few days it is apparent that the topics are quite beyond a "novice"
>>level. So.. I have two questions. First does anyone have a recommedation
>>for resources (e.g. other books or other mailing lists) for novices to
>>help get up to speed? Second can anyone tell me where to find a basic
>>example script that opens a text file, finds and  replaces some text, and
>>saves a copy under another name? Thanks.
>
>
>At 3:11 PM -0800 1/2/99, PwrSurge wrote:
>
>I can safly say that the "Learning Perl" book has been keeping me up to
>speed since I was interested in perl.  That teaches you the basics, some
>code..  and most importantly..  WHY things happen, and HOW things happen in
>PERL.  2nd suggestion would be "Programming Perl" - this book teaches and
>shows you how to put commands together to accomplish certain tasks.
>

	I have to say that I just recently sold my "Learning Perl" book
(1st edition). I bought it just over a year ago, and got about 100 pages
into it before my eyes rolled back into my head and I went into a fugue
state. I would NOT recommend this book for novices - unless you're a
"novice" programmer. I would hardly consider this an "introductory" book
for laypeople.
	I also bought "PERL for Dummies" (Dummies series) and found that it
brought the concepts of PERL down to my (novice) level, but was not the
best at _teaching_ me PERL. Sold that one, too.

	I can appreciate what you're saying, though.


Patrick Beart

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