Comments on: Programming Perl

By: Troy Wilson

Troy Wilson — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:04:36 +0000

This will be my third copy of this great book. I use it so much I wear them out. Would love to see a hard cover version.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Phu Tran

Phu Tran — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:28:07 +0000

Hey, do you know C ??? The only book for C is "C programming Language by K&R", the same applies here. The only book for Perl is this very book. It has in-depth explanation of Perl. Say no further, this is the only bible on Perl.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: K. C Huber

K. C Huber — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:49:54 +0000

NOT FOR THE BEGINNER TO PERL!!!! I have spent 3 days with this book and do not know much more that i did 4 days ago about perl. It is way over my head and i am a VB programmer. The book is well written for an advanced user, but that wasn't/isn't me.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: David Ehrens

David Ehrens — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:19:24 +0000

This is a book that quickly starts out with a convoluted discussion of the "splice" function, comparing its workings with those of pop, shift, unshift, etc. The author then tells us after all the agony of trying to follow him to forget it — you'll never use it. The examples fail badly because he's never bothered to explain pop, shift, or any of the other material he slings at us. And so it goes, in this book about a frightfully haphazard language written by the same mind that created the language. Don't buy this book. You'd be better off trying to re-read your college physics text while drunk. There are some excellent WWW tutorials; I ended up relying on them.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Eric Kent

Eric Kent — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:30:52 +0000

This is indeed the most awesome PERL book.

Written by Larry Wall, who is Mr. Perl.

If you get but once PERL book, get this one,
Rating: 5 / 5