Re: Reading List (WAS: Chomp method)

On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 12:20:22PM -0400, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
On Thu, 2006-27-04 at 11:03 -0500, Russ Foster wrote:
Maybe I'll just buy a good reference book. ;-)

I recommend "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance : An Inquiry into
Values" by Robert M. Pirsig. Has nothing to do with Perl or computers
but is a good read anyway.

I've had that book for years, but haven't gotten around to reading it
yet. There are so many other books to read, too. . . .

Off the top of my head, my recommendations for learning Perl
programming:

The Camelid Trilogy (O'Reilly's Llama, Alpaca, and Camel books)
some of the best Perl instructional and reference material available

Tao Te Ching (a good translation -- I recommend Stephen Mitchell's)
not strictly Perl-related, but full of epiphanies that'll help in all
things, including programming

Wicked Cool Perl Scripts (from No Starch Press)
examples from which to learn are always good, and these are good
examples with explanatory text and hints for hacking them for your own
ends

The Pragmatic Programmer (from the Pragmatic Programmers, of course)
some of the best general-purpose programming wisdom available in
hardcopy

A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
has a name that's too long . . . but knowing the "unix experience"
will help to understand the "Perl experience", and there are few
textual vehicles for grokking that unix experience that are as
effective as this

All that having been said, I have a question. Do you think that Zen and
the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance conveys wisdom that is distinctly
helpful to a Perl programmer, or was that a complete non sequitur?
Either way, I like the reference.

--
Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
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