Part of my original reason for learning Perl had to do with the need to do some data extraction and analysis from satellite telemetry data streams. Perl was our standard language for doing satellite integration and testing and seemed like a good opportunity to do my tasks and, at the same time, afford the opportunity to integrate my tools with our integration and testing.

Data Munging with Perl seemed like a natural enough topic directly related to my problem so I got it as my second Perl book (my first, and the one I used to kickoff my Perl was Bioinformatics with Perl which is not one that I suggest for learning Perl...O'Reilly's Learning Perl would have been better for me). It was too advanced for that early few months, but has in retrospect been a wonderful and useful resource (perhaps much like Perl Cookbook is for you and has become for me, too) that I, too, highly recommend.

I think that delirium's recommendation is good and suggest that at this point in your learning Perl it is a definite recommendation that I, too, would offer.

I don't think it is as advanced (in terms of utility) as you worry and that you would find it most worthwhile.

Just my opinion, of course.

ack Albuquerque, NM

In reply to Re^3: What Worked In My 1st Year Of Perl: LOL by ack
in thread What Worked In My 1st Year Of Perl: LOL by luis.roca

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