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Perl
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by Private Idaho
Who knows something about Perl? Its a programming language that I have seen around for several years and I’ve seen some very indecipherable code for perl, but I’ve never sat down to learn it.
A couple of years ago I decided to pick up Python and I enjoyed it. I like python quite a bit. But there’s no python interpreter installed on the HP-UX servers on which I work. Someone here is having some trouble with a perl script that shuffles some interface files around.
So this seems like a good excuse to learn Perl. I sent off for an O’Reilly book called Learning Perl (its the Llama book). That should arrive in a few days and then I can start figuring out what all the weird syntax is all about.
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After “Learning Perl”, you’ll want to check out “Intermediate Perl” and “Mastering Perl”. Collect the entire set!
D00d, if the book’s author gives you a reading list, you’d better give it its due!
Shit, I was just going to drop you a line that, without any programming experience, “Learning Perl” was useful to me… eh, within a couple of half days.
Be optimistic.
… and when you get questions, I think now you know where to look!
(Randal’s website, of course!)
So, how did “Learning Perl” work out for you?