Received: (qmail 16410 invoked from network); 16 May 2012 11:41:58 -0500 Received: from freelists-180.iquest.net (HELO turing.freelists.org) (206.53.239.180) by static-ip-85-25-126-90.inaddr.ip-pool.com with SMTP; 16 May 2012 11:41:48 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id CBAE5ECB0A1; Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:45 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=freelists.org; s=turing; t=1337186505; bh=BRcTjX5JXhr26hTcsd20RiGJ+wy5Bb6R99Szmtkb qis=; h=MIME-Version:In-Reply-To:References:From:Date:Message-ID: Subject:To:Cc:Content-type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Sender: Reply-To:List-help:List-unsubscribe:List-Id:List-subscribe: List-owner:List-post:List-archive; b=q5xu9l9Muvrh13CmPLHR3gDdlLHDt CLUfqvqVtKp8DZMGmz1im1PS2so85gtTjoHPPCk7Pyk5qRz1zTvPscJobI/vxyNkLap MhZcgOjaV4s7/lwhuO8vY3dnuFqC+mB0/YPjqZDCeVQHz1vrsd6V+dM1zghYJC/6usp BWSp/7xE= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at localhost.localdomain Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zDmRogulKs5K; Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 32C20ECAF21; Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list oracle-l); Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id 6E008ECAF14 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from turing.freelists.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (turing.freelists.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id e12z+9C8SFFZ for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-yx0-f179.google.com (mail-yx0-f179.google.com [209.85.213.179]) by turing.freelists.org (Avenir Technologies Mail Multiplex) with ESMTP id B0F7FECAF15 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 12:40:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: by yenr13 with SMTP id r13so863682yen.10 for ; Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=7o8a8P/pSjk13pm0rs32QjhCtLcEGZwoGKRHFXJ9bV8=; b=Lo6Jec8/mtXrNVKPKPzxtRksPv0jwJlPewUXy5/yfdHxpP0Xe8Ga8l0MN/Aym/HNHg Qh3OSXvJxuqBGVVsSM/hb2JAEKSbIWSfO0jItXWIBIqMh6IyUCoiZvMFl5I0SQrqPibz O8BZZyy/chFOHTWIoualLX6ezWiOzrm7tEVGtT9590gLPHfwLH5w5HKyYjKwKABg9am9 wXczdMk9weX7170nzEJ+c6OuWxoaZti6i0Ni0gJQGxK+ohXqmjFLrHGg4zyInRaI00AB X0Hv1kXSPsbxSOPWcpLK59oP62bCebXNpJ5nI1jnmJUfSdIw213PUKi78G0pQglSMaK6 /S2w== Received: by 10.50.42.130 with SMTP id o2mr2876998igl.37.1337186414545; Wed, 16 May 2012 09:40:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.50.129 with HTTP; Wed, 16 May 2012 09:39:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Cary Millsap Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:39:34 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Learning Perl from ground up ? To: david.robillard@gmail.com Cc: "Taylor, Chris David" , "Radoulov, Dimitre" , oracle-l mailing list Content-type: text/plain X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmV3wKhnD9c4aJOfSzQje+mUfifkk/bQyzsKXI9lr9pyZyrDYRjbFGzq1yzJo1Ylfm+SlK1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-archive-position: 42846 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org Errors-to: oracle-l-bounce@freelists.org X-original-sender: cary.millsap@method-r.com Precedence: normal Reply-To: cary.millsap@method-r.com List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Ecartis version 1.0.0 List-Id: oracle-l X-List-ID: oracle-l List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: oracle-l Learning Perl - Great introduction Programming Perl - One of the best-written books I own, period Perl Cookbook - Fabulous source of examples indexed by "How can I do X?," for many interesting values of X Cary Millsap Method R Corporation http://method-r.com On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 6:59 AM, David Robillard wrote: > >> If one was inclined to learn Perl from the ground up, what books or > courses would you recommend? > >> I'd like to add this to my toolbox but I've been lax [read: lazy]. > > > > Learning Perl: amzn.to/Kq4dFw > > Yes, I agree with Dimitre. Then read « Programming Perl, 4th Edition » > http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596004927.do > And then pick anyone of the titles that pop-up in this query > http://search.oreilly.com/?q=perl&x=0&y=0 > > Enjoy! > > DA+ > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l