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fyrestorm	17 Jun, 2002 - 11:16 AM Post #1
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	what would be the easiest way for me to learn PERL?
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SlashRaid	RE: Learning Perl 17 Jun, 2002 - 11:36 AM Post #2
Dream.In.Force Joined: 21 Jan, 2002 Posts: 2,421	I would say for starters, have solid foudation in another programming language. That would be hard, for me at least, to grasp when trying to learn programming of such a complexity.
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Cookie Mobster	RE: Learning Perl 17 Jun, 2002 - 12:48 PM Post #3
nooneenooneenooonee Joined: 12 Oct, 2001 Posts: 4,723 Thanked: 1 times Dream Kudos: 18 My Contributions	PERL isn't all that complex of a language... even if you want to get into OO and stuff it is still a lot simpler than c++. I would say to get a decent book and just jump right in, if you have an understanding of other unix derived languages (php,bash...) it shouldn't be very hard... Cheers Sam
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The Neoracle	RE: Learning Perl 17 Jun, 2002 - 12:51 PM Post #4
Check, check, 1, 2. Joined: 30 Mar, 2001 Posts: 4,069 Thanked: 1 times My Contributions	Buy my PERL in a nutshell book from me.
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fyrestorm	RE: Learning Perl 17 Jun, 2002 - 01:27 PM Post #5
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	QUOTE(The Neoracle @ Jun 17 2002, 02:51 PM) Buy my PERL in a nutshell book from me. is that a plug neo? . . . . . . . . how much do you want to sell it for?
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klewlis	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 10:15 AM Post #6
cur tu me vexas? Joined: 9 Nov, 2001 Posts: 1,723	Perl in a Nutshell is more of a reference book... not great if you don't know the language at all! Get the standard, "Programming Perl" from O'Reilly. also, wdvl.com has some decent tutorials (emphasis on the word "decent", not "great").
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klewlis	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 10:16 AM Post #7
cur tu me vexas? Joined: 9 Nov, 2001 Posts: 1,723	ps: I'm not sure it's wise to be hoping for an "easy" way to learn Perl. :P
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fyrestorm	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 12:19 PM Post #8
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	QUOTE(klewlis @ Jun 19 2002, 12:16 PM) ps: I'm not sure it's wise to be hoping for an "easy" way to learn Perl. you're right, it's never wise to hope for an easy way to learn anything...
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klewlis	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 01:14 PM Post #9
cur tu me vexas? Joined: 9 Nov, 2001 Posts: 1,723	yes, and perl's not exactly an easy language. not really hard, but tougher than most languages that are strictly web (since perl is not designed to be strictly web, so it has a lot more to it than most web languages).
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fyrestorm	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 01:22 PM Post #10
D.I.C Lover Joined: 4 Apr, 2002 Posts: 3,103 Thanked: 2 times Dream Kudos: 228 My Contributions	QUOTE(klewlis @ Jun 19 2002, 03:14 PM) yes, and perl's not exactly an easy language. not really hard, but tougher than most languages that are strictly web (since perl is not designed to be strictly web, so it has a lot more to it than most web languages). what kind of other things is perl used for?
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ashleysucks	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 02:11 PM Post #11
New D.I.C Head Joined: 2 Dec, 2001 Posts: 23	Perl is really versatile. It was originally created a system administration tool, you can do all kinds of things with it, I know people that use it for network management and others that use it for shell scripting.
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capty99	RE: Learning Perl 19 Jun, 2002 - 02:35 PM Post #12
the real kya Joined: 26 Apr, 2001 Posts: 9,256 Thanked: 16 times Dream Kudos: 550 My Contributions	wow. nice to see you again ashley, you havent been around here in a while.
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