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Re: Thanks for the Title.
by jkahn (Friar) on Sep 10, 2002 at 03:21 UTC
    For those who've never seen it (i.e., wizards can stop reading now)
  • Learning Perl is also known as "The Llama Book". Randal Schwartz, the author, is known as Merlyn.
  • Programming Perl is also known as "The Camel Book".
    Both are very good. The Llama book is designed for beginners, and doesn't ask you to run before you can crawl. The latest edition is superb; I use it to teach the Intro to Perl class at WashTech.
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Re: Re: Re: Doing Better.
by Marza (Vicar) on Sep 10, 2002 at 01:33 UTC

    If you clicked on the link, you would have seen that Merlyn is none other than Randal L. Schwartz. His books are good! I have them on my shelf. You can't go wrong and in fact, you can't call your self a Perl guy if you don't have the Programming Perl book! ;)

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Re: Re: Re: Doing Better.
by Molt (Chaplain) on Sep 10, 2002 at 09:19 UTC
    Merlyn's book, 'Learning Perl', is the Llama book.
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