Learning Perl in a fast way isn't all that hard. Perl is a language that is about results. Coding correctly is more or less a matter of style, but that is something that has more to do with coding than Perl. Once you've moved beyond the basics of creating some simple applications, one of the best teachers I've found is other people's code.

At CPAN you basically have an unlimited repository of code for you to look through. Another good place to learn is through projects which have gained a certain ammount of respect, such as Slashdot (slashcode). You don't have to understand absolutely everything happening, but you can easily pick up some really good tricks that will make your life easier that you'll probably never find in a book or tutorial.

In reply to Re: How to learn Perl efficiently by Anonymous Monk
in thread How to learn Perl efficiently by theroninwins

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