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Book:   Learning Perl
Subject:   Read this first!
Date:   2005-10-27 12:12:31
From:   Anonymous Reader
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

Even if you are a brainiac, you probably shouldn't jump right to the Camel.
I read about half of the Camel and then picked this (Llama) up and I'm very glad I did.
Perfect pace and choice of topics.
Really cleared up some of the fundamentals that were hindering my progress with the Camel.
Maybe I just needed to read Camel twice, but it's alot easier to just read this one first.
I am enjoying this one so much, I bought the Alpaca already. I have every confidence that the Camel will be a much more pleasant read after Llama and Alpaca.
If you are only 3 or 4 chapters into Camel, don't assume you are sailing smooth. You are about to hit very choppy water.


One gripe: book mentions downloadable code, but website has none. Not a big deal, since you should be typing everything anyway to get practice with the syntax.


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"If you need to learn Perl and you want to get there quickly, Learning Perl is the way to go. It's stood the test of time by making it to the 4th edition, and there's a reason for that..."
--Thomas Duff, Duffbert's Random Musings

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