Perl book for those that know c/c++?

[fs5]

I know the camel book is good but is there another book that would be good for someone who is already familiar with c/c++? Does o'reilly publish one?

oops didn't search hard enough... this seems to be one: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073571228X/qid%3D1067381507/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-8124469-7307205

any good?

 

[Ameesh]

i just started learning perl and i am a c/C++ developer. the book that helped me the most was not the camel book, it was the orielly perl cookbook.

Just having examples was an enormous help

goddamn perl has a thousand ways to do everything so finding a consistent answer is near impossible.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
i just started learning perl and i am a c/C++ developer. the book that helped me the most was not the camel book, it was the orielly perl cookbook.

Just having examples was an enormous help

goddamn perl has a thousand ways to do everything so finding a consistent answer is near impossible.

the perl cookbook and the Perl for C programmers is available on safari bookshelf (just got my subscription). I'll have to look at 'em both...

 

[Savij]

I used learn.perl.org for my crash course in perl

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
i just started learning perl and i am a c/C++ developer. the book that helped me the most was not the camel book, it was the orielly perl cookbook.

Just having examples was an enormous help

goddamn perl has a thousand ways to do everything so finding a consistent answer is near impossible.

TMTOWTDI.

I think knowing C and/or C++ would seriously hinder one's ability to "think in Perl." Perl is so idiomatic that trying to employ methods from previous knowledge will only lead to admonishment from the Perl community when you so clearly cannot "think in Perl."

In all seriousness, I'd just go with the camel book. Trying to draw parallels between Perl and C are a waste of time, as the only point of drawing parallels between Perl and C is so you can discard them. Treat it as though you're learning a language that has no analogs.

I first learned Perl back in '97 or so having already known C and C++, and that knowledge was my first hindrance as I tried to code Perl the same way I could C.

My $.02

 

[Ameesh]

TMTOWTDI.

wtf is that?