Re: Perl Programming within Debian

From: "s. keeling" <keeling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:02:16 GMT

David Baron <d_baron@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Saturday 30 December 2006 20:48, Samuel Bächler wrote:

Hi Rocky

I'm thinking of learning Perl Programming. Can any of you help me get
started on how to programming Perl in Debian?

In my opinion you should go through *Leaning Perl* by O'Reilly. I quite
liked it. I am sure you will find it somewhere in the web.

Second that--this is the place to start.
[snip]
PERL style has changed radically over the years as has its usage
(PERL==PErsonal Report Language and who uses it for this nowadays?). Object

Practical Extraction and Reporting Language

Positively Eclectic Rubbish Lister

oriented programming (with silly syntax) can be as good as newer languages.
PERL can be readable as c (but that is not saying so much).

Anyone can write write-only code, in any language. Perl's no exception.

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