"Why so much hate?"

Some people are negative, period. Some think uttering negative remarks somehow marks them as a cut above the ordinary. And some just don't know any better.

"...most of the things in the books, i've picked up are not recommended for newbies...."

Who sez?

I find it hard to believe that "most ... are not recommended" comes from any of the authors of the books you cite or from any other programmer really familiar with Perl and its capabilities (caveat: some consider Modern Perl controversial). Sure, it's fair to point out that none of those books covers every possible obscure gotcha' that might trip up a newcomer but to characterize "Learning Perl" -- a primer -- as "not recommended for newbies" is hopeless hokum.

If I've misconstrued your question or the logic needed to answer it, I offer my apologies to all those electrons which were inconvenienced by the creation of this post.

In reply to Re: Why so much hate? by ww
in thread Why so much hate? by Carfax

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