[plug] PERL book

[Daniel Pearson]

I'm also looking at buying a Perl book, I'm new to the language, and sort of
new to Programming on a whole. Any suggestions on a good Perl book for a
beginner?

-Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: Bret Busby <bret at clearsol.iinet.net.au>
To: plug <plug at linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 1:47 PM
Subject: [plug] PERL book


> I was asked to give the ISBN of the PERL book that I have just obtained.
>
> The book is "Perl 5 Interactive Course Certified Edition",
> by John Orwant, 1998
> ISBN 1-57169-113-8
>
> From memory, it is listed on amazon.
>
> Evaluation of the book, would likely best be by one of the PERL guru's on
the
> mailing list, by viewing a copy of the book.
>
> Also, I know that I have asked this before, but could someone please
clarify the
> differences (including advantages/disadvantages) between using PERL and
PHP, as
> front ends for databases, such as PostgreSQL? From what I understand, HTML
code
> is needed, as web pages, to call the scripting language modules (PERL or
PHP),
> which interface with the database.
>
> If it has already been done on a web site, a URL would be useful, but
also, any
> opinions of people on the mailing list, would be useful.
>
> --
>
> Bret Busby
>
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