Thing to remember is that there are two criteria for how good a book is - how well you learn from it and how useful the stuff is that it teaches you. Someone might learn really well from a 'Dummies' style book, but because 'Perl for Dummies' teaches some really bad habits, it's still a bad idea to try and learn from it.

Simon Cozens wrote a good article about Choosing a Perl book for www.perl.com.

The only Perl books that I've seen that teach beginners Perl both well and factually are "Learning Perl", "Elements of Programming with Perl" and "Perl - The Programmers Companion". I've also heard good reports about "Beginning Perl" and "Teach Yourself Perl in 24 Hours" - but not having read them yet I can't really comment.

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In reply to RE: RE: RE: RE: Best Perl Book by davorg
in thread Best Perl Book by Mork29

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