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felinity's review
4.0
This is *the* Perl book. If you only read one, this should be it. The text explains concepts well, and the end-of-chapter exercises are designed to reinforce what you've just learned, integrating with anything you learned earlier, and also to stretch your imagination. You don't need any prior programming knowledge to find this a useful resource.
dodecaphonic's review
4.0
This book kickstarted my software development career. I was 15 and had tried learning C for a little over a year, trying to fit into a group of friends who were writing window managers for fun. I couldn't really wrap my head around it at the time, with all the ceremony about pointers and memory allocation. I wanted to accomplish things, and the gaps in my knowledge made everything frustrating.
With Learning Perl, within a few hours I had a little program reading inputs and writing files. I was hooked: finally thought could be made into programs. It made me proud of myself, and that sense of accomplishment is still a main driving force to this day. I don't write Perl any more, but it was my first programming friend. This book made it so.
With Learning Perl, within a few hours I had a little program reading inputs and writing files. I was hooked: finally thought could be made into programs. It made me proud of myself, and that sense of accomplishment is still a main driving force to this day. I don't write Perl any more, but it was my first programming friend. This book made it so.
amitsaurav's review
4.0
Excellently written book. At first I thought this book was full of chit-chat with so many footnotes but by the end of it, it helped me really understand the basics of Perl. Totally recommend it for anyone who is thinking about "learning perl".
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