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Bill Jonas wrote: > I've got a couple of Barnes & Noble gift certificates to play with, so I > thought I'd pick up a book about either Perl or Python. I'd like some > advice from some of the ultra-ninja-foo hackers out there ;) -- which one > should I start with? I realize that Perl is established and used more than > Python, but I've heard Very Good Things about Python, namely, that it's a > "cleaner" language, and that more and more people are using it. > > As far as the books go, I was thinking O'Reilly. If I go Perl, should I get > the camel book or the llama book? Anybody have any <40ドル favorites by > another publisher? How about for Python? TIA for any advice. > > Bill > > -- > "Look, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it 'guaranteed', I > will. I got spare time." > -Chris Farley, _Tommy Boy_ > > _______________________________________________ > Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net > http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug Can't speak to Python (on my list of things to learn), but I have found Perl invaluable as a scripting tool. I started with Learning Perl (Llama), but soon found that I needed Programming Perl (Camel) as well. I almost always buy O'Reilly books and have yet to be disappointed. Greg _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug