perlquestion
amarquis
<p>Recently, I noticed that of my programming books only <u>Programming Perl</u> is actually on my computer desk. The majority of my work is done in other languages, but all of those books sit behind me on my writing desk.</p>
<p>Why is it the most useful of my texts? My other books say "Here is a language feature; Here is what it does," or "Here is a problem; Here is how you solve it." The Camel Book says "Here is a language feature; This is why it was made the way it is," or "Here is a problem; Here are several ways to solve it, and ways to think about starting to solve it."</p>
<p>My other books sit behind me because in the "real world" a series of "problem and solution" entries don't often help . The Camel Book has information that I can read and easily generalize to my situation. When I read or re-read it, I feel like I'm always gaining knowledge, some of it not even limited to Perl.</p>
<p>My question is, do you have any other suggestions for me? As far as Perl goes, it and the Cookbook are the only books I currently own. I do a fair amount of work in C, C++, Java, and PHP as well, and consider all the books I have for those languages to be mediocre reference books at best.</p>
<p>What books do you keep within arm's reach?</p>