Rating:  - Good book, but typos annoying.
I thought this was a good book if you are wanting the basics of the language itself, but not wanting to delve very deep. I found that there were MANY typos (at least in the first edition of the book) in the text and examples that proved to be somewhat annoying. Overall, it served its purpose.
Rating:  - One of the best 'Teach Yourself' computer books in existence
I have programmed Pascal for a number of years, but when I switched to a Linux system, I found that I was pretty much stuck. Very little Pascal. I thought of learning C++, but then I read a little about Perl. Free, powerful, and with Tk toolkits, you can do GUI programming as well.
I picked up this book as it seemed the friendliest of all the tutor books on the shelf. After a couple of days I felt I was really getting somewhere with this strange new language, and by the time I finished the book I was writing quite complex scripts with comparable ease. I don't think I'll be heading along the C++ route at all now!
Get this book!
Rating: - WOW!
i started out knowing a little bit of C, and no perl, at the end of a week (ok, it didn't take me 21 days... sue me), i was fluent enough to get a job as a perl programmer. This is among the best programming books i have ever read. DOWN WITH THE DUMMIES!
Rating: - EXCELLENT BOOK
I read it all. This is an excellent book for begginers and intermediate. Buy it and after 40 days (not 21 hehehe) You will be a good Perl programmer. (Also good explanation about Regular Expressions)
Rating: - Easy to read, great for beginners
This book was just what I needed. I've never looked at Perl before so I needed a book that would get me started immediately. This book did just that with clear, thorough explanations and easy to understand examples.
It is a good all-round book that covers modules, debugging scripts, security, a bit of cgi and a whole range of other useful stuff; I like it because it explains it all! I don't think that I'll need another reference book for Perl, this one seems to cover everything.
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