And for those without the "basic" Perl library, I've put it on our website (the search feature doesn't work yet, no time...): http://www.acornsw.com/perlcd/index.htm Dick Munroe Greenblatt & Seay wrote: > > I really want to go OOP with Perl but just do not > > have enough examples to get me started. > > A local Perl group just had the following post: > > New perl books... > > The book _Object Oriented Perl_ > (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884777791) has got to be the > coolest perl book to come along since _Effective Perl Programming_ > (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201419750). It's nice and thick > because it gives a gentle introduction to OO perl as well as advanced > topics. Buy this book now! Er... have your employer buy you this book now! > > And, for what it's worth, _Mastering Algorithms with Perl_ > (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565923987) is also out. This book > is good at what it sets out to do, but I doubt it will appeal to the > majority of perl programmers. I suspect most people use perl because they > don't want to be bothered implementing their own lists, hashes, sort > routnies, etc. But there's lots of content in there (check > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/maperl/ for a table of contents.) Your > mileage may vary. > > _Designing with Perl_ (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/designperl/) is due > out in late 1999 or early 2000. It's going to be interesting to see how > this book differentiates itself from the other O'Reilly books on this same > subject (notably _CGI Programming with Perl_ > (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565924193).) We shall see. > > And lastly, Tim O'Reilly has been falling all over himself > (http://www.oreilly.com/ask_tim/pracintgr_preface.html) regarding an > upcoming book called _Practical Internet Groupware_ > (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pracintgr/). It's a book on collaborative > knowledge management. Most of the examples are in perl. It's certainly > worth checking out the on-line chapters. It's an enjoyable read -- at least > the on-line parts. Check it out. > > # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? > # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org