Tom Phoenix

Gentle and entertaining introduction to basic Perl programming. It's probably not the most efficient way to learn the language for an experienced programmer since it gets a bit chatty and drawn out at times and does not get into advanced features. Nonetheless, it was worth the time to read.

It's the llama book. You know what it is. It's hard to force myself to learn Perl because I can just get things done in Bash.

Read this to review Perl, since it's been 10 years since I'd written any. Don't skip the footnotes, especially if you are an old school UNIX/C programmer, lots of in-jokes to be found there. Great introduction to the language too, at least for those coming from a C or C++ background.

This book was required for class for Library School. Compared to other Perl books I looked at through the semester, this book is long, confusing and drawn out. Some areas could and have been explained much better in other books. This is only recommended for people who understand programming already and not for beginners.