There is something about Perl for tinkering and “quick & dirty” work that other scripts just don’t seem to rise to. Since I pretty much focue on Security amd Interop these days I’m finding myself back in my Perl library. Here are some of the usefull books. (It’s not that O’Rielly is the only publisher of Perl books – they just seem to have the best.)
Anonymous
February 06, 2005
I've run into Randall Schwartz a few times in New Orleans at some WebBuilder conferences a number of years ago. (In fact, he has my picture on his website photo album in a couple of places. I dare you to try and find them. :) Great guy!
Anonymous
February 07, 2005
I had to learn Perl quickly for a new job. Sams Teach Yourself Perl in 21 Days - while it appears light (it's almost a dummy book) - not only got me up to speed quickly, but serves as a great reference. I've got 5 out of the 8 books mentioned on my shelf as well, but "Teach Yourself" gets pulled most often.
Anonymous
February 11, 2005
I'm happy to have been given the opportunity to contribute to some of the most influential books in the creation of the Internet backbone (bit hauling, web traffic, data wrangling, etc).