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Book:   Learning Perl
Subject:   Learning Perl, 3rd Edition Review
Date:   2001-11-12 12:00:36
From:   Martin Richard Sanders
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

This has to be the best book I have ever read on perl, along with Programming Perl (also from O'reilly). Ever since I bought this book I have not been able to put it down. It starts off with an excellent tutorial introducing some of the main uses of perl, before moving on to a more in depth discussion of each subject.


I never pick this book up without learning something new and end up rushing to my computer to try out the new piece of magic that I have just learned.


I will be using this book for a long time. O'reilly books tend to be either good, or very good, however this book sets a new standard with the way it makes learning perl easy and also fun.


Without this gem I would still be coding in C (heaven forbid) and shouting at my computer on a regular basis.


This would be great for students as well as old hacks like myself.

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