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Ahhhhh, the Black Book.

That's how I started my Perl journery. As a graphic designer, 5 years ago I expressed to an IT friend that I wanted to learn CGI, not knowing what in the heck I was talking about. He handed me the Black Book and told me I needed to learn Perl. So, I sat down at the computer one Saturday afternoon and started writing my first program.

I did okay for a couple of years, cranking out what I now know to be really bad--but working--code. Then I stumbled into the the Monastery. And boy, did I ever get a wake up call! Strict, placeholders, CPAN, OO, etc.

Now I have a book shelf with about 8 O'Reilly books and a few XP as a monk. So, while it's not a great book, it got me started and was an okay reference for the first couple of years.

—Brad
"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men." George Eliot

In reply to Re: Scrounged books are not always good. by bradcathey
in thread Scrounged books are not always good. by Marza

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