Perl Cookbook, Second Edition

Mastering Regular Expressions, Second Edition

Perl Books

Perl Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Format: Paperback
Author: Johan Vromans
ReleaseDate: July, 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Rating:

Very Terse
No explanation of how to use the various functions, variables, etc. Perl Pocket Reference only gives lists and tables. Definitely not for new-comers.

I was very disappointed by this pocket reference. I was expecting something more like the very high quality "Python Pocket Reference", which manages to give complete description of the language, all functions, standard modules, etc, ALONG WITH EXAMPLES FOR EACH; The Python Pocket Reference is able to be used as a standalone reference. This is definitely not true for the Perl Pocket Reference; You will need other books to make this pocket reference make sense. . . what a pain!.

quick hints/ reminder of perl cmd
. good and give me a quick review/reminder of perl commands.

Buy a clue, Gerald
Irmler writes in his review "I also have two very large Perl books that are also almost useless, so maybe it's a Perl problem. Gerald W." Well yes, Perl is not an easy language, but I suspect that the main problem here is an Irmler problem. This book does a very good job of doing what it intends to. Another clue that Irmler is lacking a clue is the baffling comment that "The author seemed more interested in being clever and funny, then (sic) imparting information. " Huh? The book is comprised entirely of very succinct facts about the language. There is no style here to speak of, due to the nature of the book.

I rate this book 5 stars, Irmler -5 stars.