in reply to Re: Perldoc, the tutorial
in thread Perldoc, the tutorial

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. 

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Re: Re: Re: Perldoc, the tutorial
by blakem (Monsignor) on Jun 03, 2002 at 01:26 UTC
    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

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      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. 

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