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| Perl by Example (3rd Edition) (ISBN: 0130282510) |
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List Price: $44.99
Our Price: $31.49
Used Price: $22.00
Release Date: 07 September, 2001
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall PTR (Paperback)
Sales Rank: 29,840
Author: Ellie Quigley
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Average Customer Review: 
| Good book for Perl beginners | |
As an experienced programmer, I first tried to learn Perl by reading the Camel book (1st edition), but found it tough going. This book practically 'holds your hand' by guiding you through the fundumentals with simple examples and explanations. As a beginners book I'm sure its as good as any other on the market. I still use it as a reference. The turorial on the included CD Rom didn't add much value though - poor sound quality and pretty boring.
| Reasonably good set of PERL coding examples | |
This book is exactly what its title claims: a collection of hundreds of well-indexed and clearly written examples of the PERL language. It's by no means a comprehensive source for those who want to learn PERL. The targeted audience is apparently those who have a thorough knowledge of UNIX and a working background of languages similar to PERL, such as C and shell scripts. This book makes quite clear many of the idiosyncrasies of PERL via straightforward examples, and served my need for a quick explanation of "how to do it in PERL"
| Helpful for beginning, I hope | |
This was my first Perl book. At the time I was first using it, I barely knew what programming was(not that I do now). The examples helped me solve many problems, but they were solved the way the author would have solved them. The other reviewers are right, there are errors in the examples, but despite that, the book gave me what I hope to be a good first look at how problems can be solved. I have since moved on to Programming Perl, and Advanced Perl Programming(both O'Reilly). If it wasn't for the examples in Quigley's book, I wouldn't have the background for the kinds of problems I solve today. I recommend the book.
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