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Re: Re: Beginning Perl for system admins

by tretin (Friar)
on Sep 20, 2002 at 18:11 UTC ( [id://199554]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Beginning Perl for system admins
in thread Beginning Perl for system admins

IMO, Perl is great as a beginning, and a repeat language. I started out programming in Perl (and for what it's worth I am still very much a beginner) and I have never regretted that choice. I have found my computer science classes to be much easier having learned what I did in Perl, as it was a great basis of introduction into the way of thinking a programmer should have. I would recommend merlyn's book Learning Perl, as I have read it at least twice, and it was a great starter source. After you read the Llama, I read the Camel (Programming Perl) and frequently use it as a reference whenever I need to solve a problem (I can't tell you how much that index of commands helps me).

I know absolutely nothing about being a SA, but I'm sure you can take up Perl as a spare time kind of habit, and become a good SA and coder over time.

Good luck and -w, use strict;
work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger more than ever hour after our work is never over.

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