On a recent "Perl" thread in a FreeBSD list, I found it amusing that "the trilogy" could represent different subsets to different people, so I ask you:

If you were to choose 3 Perl books to call them "The Trilogy" which would they be?

I am inclined to think that the more traditional Perl programmers would probably say Camel, Llama and Alpaca. But I for example would say Llama, Alpaca, and Black Leopard as "Trilogy One", and probably Camel, Owl (MRE), and American Staghound (PBP) as a must-have "Trilogy Two"

Anyway, I thought it would be equally amusing to her all the opinions here... and, no, they don't have to be O'Relly books only!

In reply to So what is your Perl book "Trilogy" anyway? by ait

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