Re: Glossary

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Date: 06/08/04 

To: Levon Barker <levonb@portfolioaid.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:08:03 +0000

I agree. Also "Perl for Dummies" might help a bit. In the back there is a list of major commands typically used in Perl. The book was ok. "Learning Perl 3rd Edition" by Oreilly was better IMO.

> Karen,
>
> I realize I am not answering your question directly but may I suggest
> that you purchase a copy of 'Learning Perl' by Randal Schwartz & Tom
> Phoenix.
>
> It is an excellent introduction to Perl. You may find it easier than
> going through the man pages.
>
> Cheers,
> Levon Barker
>
>
> On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 15:36, Karen McAtamney wrote:
> > I'm in the process of learning perl (hmm - right at the beginning of this
> > process), and I'm having great difficulty working my way through the man
> > pages. I'm a Windows user and perl is the first language I'm learning, so
> > *everything* is new to me. I am also having to get to grips with using my
> > shell account which is just adding to the difficulties.
> >
> > What would really make my life easier right now is a glossary of programming
> > specific terms so that I'm not struggling to find meanings for the
> > terminology used in some of the man pages (specifically I'm trying to work
> > my way through man screen) every other word. Does such a glossary exist? I'm
> > aware of the Jargon Files and I'm aware that many of these terms have man
> > pages of their own (but my entire reason for reading man screen is to learn
> > how to have different windows open with different things going on in each
> > window!).
> >
> > Thank you for all your help,
> >
> > Karen
> >
>
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