kakaro: welcome to the wonderful world that is Perl. Perl is powerful and versatile and I'm sure you'll enjoy. However, while I am aware that IDG just put out a new version of "Perl for Dummies", I'm not sure that this is your best choice. The first edition quickly went out of print and should have been titled "Perl by Dummies". It garnered terribly reviews.

You may want to check out this link for some excellent Perl resources, including "Learning Perl" (the Llama book), which was co-authored by none other than our very own merlyn.

Enjoy your stay, but don't feed the monkeys.

Cheers,
Ovid

Update: Ugh, I feel all icky now. Adam is right, I didn't mean to imply that you should be buying stuff here, I sincerely meant that the "For Dummies" book may not be the best thing you could have. In rereading what I wrote, it does seem to imply that you should buy stuff here. Ugh :( I'm going to go take a shower now.

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In reply to (Ovid) Re: New Monk by Ovid
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