Re: Perl Online Manual

I just completed the perl class given by HWG, and it was a great way to get
going.  Rich Bowen really taught us alot.  The text for that class (I forget
the name, but the author is Johnson) is worth reading for a beginner, but I
found Learning PERL by Randal Schwartz and Tom Christiansen (publ. O'Reilly)
to be even better.  Of course I went out and bought some of the other
O'Reilly books: Perl Cookbook and Programming Perl.  I have always been
satisfied with O'Reilly's books.

Greg
www.freephile.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Franklin, Douglass" <Douglass.Franklin(at)ssa.gov>
To: "'Jason Brett'" <jbbrett(at)zigzagnet.com>; "Peter Benoit"
<pbenoit(at)triton-network.com>; <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: RE: Perl Online Manual


> Jason -
>
> I also found that book to be very informative.
>
> - Doug
>
> Peter,
>
> I started with Sams "Teach Yourself CGI Programming With Perl in a Week."
It
> focusses on (duh) CGI for the web, and it leaves a lot to be desired, but
it
> gave me the basics to understand the man pages, O'Reilly books, etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jason Brett
> ZigZag Internet Solutions
> Powerful Solutions. Explosive Results.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-languages(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-languages(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Peter Benoit
> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 9:39 AM
> To: hwg-languages(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Perl Online Manual
>
>
> In my never ending quest to become mediocre in every available programming
> language, I find myself staring blankly at this page:
> http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/
>
> OK, I'm clueless.  What's it all mean?  It feels like I'm staring at the
> chalkboard in my 4th semester of Trig, and I haven't a clue what I'm
looking
> at.  Anyone have a resource that doesn't apparently assume that I know
Perl?
> I'm not looking for examples necessarily, more like a manual/howto/FAQ.
> I'll probably start a Perl section on my site, if you have one I'd be
happy
> to promote you!
>
> -Peter

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