As if by magic, perl-5.8.0-RC1 has perldoc perlintro.
It is a nice quick start guide, but not enough to be a tutorial. It doesn't handle negative array indexes (which would prevent newbies from using $foo[@foo - 2]), does not explain "context" well enough and a beginner's tutorial should have _some_ OO, or at least something about how 3rd party modules work with it.
But yes, perlintro (I still rely on this site being updated soon) is a very good start, and I will recommend beginners reading it.
- Yes, I reinvent wheels.
- Spam: Visit eurotraQ.
| [reply] |
I wouldn't "rely on this site being updated soon." Last time this was discussed most people agreed that keeping the Library up to date was a fairly low-priority task, especially since perldoc.com does essentially the same thing and does it very well.
-Blake
| [reply] |
Last time this was discussed most people agreed that keeping the Library up to date was a fairly low-priority task, especially since perldoc.com does essentially the same thing and does it very well.
But still I want site documentation updates and I want them now. Perldoc.com does a good job - let's link to it.
- Yes, I reinvent wheels.
- Spam: Visit eurotraQ.
| [reply] |