Re: tlug: Perl 5 kickstart

[Rex Walters <rex@example.com>]

On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 12:34:35PM +0900, Totoro wrote:
> Does anyone know offhand a quick-and-dirty guide to Perl 5?

If you're implying that you already know perl4, then you don't really
*have* to learn anything new.  With very few exceptions, perl5 is a
strict superset of perl4.

If you don't know perl at all, but are proficient in other Unix-isms
(sh/ksh, awk, and sed in particular) the man pages should be enough to
get started (but the O'Reilly "camel book" (_Programming_Perl_) should be
considered mandatory).

If you want a really soft entry, the "llama book" (_Learning_Perl_) is
nice.

If you really want to get down and dirty, the "panther book"
(_Advanced_Perl_Programming_) is quite nice.

You can't go wrong with O'Reilly perl books, IMHO.  The camel book
should be considered mandatory, no matter what your interests are (i.e.
don't buy just the llama or panther book without buying the camel too :-).

Cheers,
-- 
Rex
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