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Thanks!

> chromatic explains why Modern Perl is so short (see also the excellent reply by xdg):

Actually the second chapter in Object Oriented Perl (which xdg is dissing) includes a very good overview of (non-OO) Perl in 60+ pages.

Damian is a brilliant author and it's a good base for an experienced programmer. (Plus I have the German translation which makes communication easier)

Modern Perl then is larger and goes more into details and is already available in their office in Berlin.

This should give a very good foundation to build on.

Then later combined with my own self assessment quiz ° plus links into the docs, should clarify remaining issues.

(I don't want to start learning Python in deep for this :)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

°) RFC: Self Assessment Perl

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Re^4: Perl tutorial building on Python skills?
by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Oct 22, 2021 at 20:10 UTC

    > Damian is a brilliant author

    Agreed. Always a joy to read! (ditto for chromatic and brian_d_foy).

    Unlike chromatic though, I often struggle to find free stuff from The Damian that I can link to here (I often find myself linking to Ten Essential Development Practices). If you know of other useful online stuff written by Damian, please let us know.

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      No sorry, I don't.

      I'm only aware of three books, ("Perl Hacks" was also co-authored by him)

      There are slides from merlyn covering PBP online...

      I think the summary table at the appendix of PBP are available somewhere, since they influenced Perl Critic.

      update

      I think citing from an appendix of a PDF version is still fair use, as long as you make the source clear.

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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        > I think citing from an appendix of a PDF version is still fair use, as long as you make the source clear

        I'd always assumed so. I've regularly cited Perl Best Practices (pdf) ... as I did only last month, while issuing dazz a yellow card for repeated whinging about Perl's unfortunate Switch statement. If that's not fair use, I apologize ... though I certainly don't relish having to edit all my old nodes. :)

        I suppose Perlish alternatives to a Switch statement is yet another candidate topic for your course.

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