buy the first, print your copy of ModernPerl and take a look to PerlCookbook: it is very aged but was a wonderful panorama for me. I did'nt liked very much Intermediate Perl but generally speaking all O'Reilly Perl books are good quality ones.

About version differences, Perl is very strong in backward compatibilty, so you'll never learn something no more valid. A perldelta is available for all versions: and yes was a big improvement from 5.14 to 5.24 but books are still fully valid.

L*

There are no rules, there are no thumbs..
Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.

In reply to Re: Are these Perl Textbooks Good? by Discipulus
in thread Are these Perl Textbooks Good? by Svetlana

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