Perl Black Book (with CD)  (English, Paperback, Holzner Steven)

Funny yet educative ...... this book is one of those books which every beginer must possess under his/her kitty.... the book is interesting to read but also throws challenges in front of you ..... its a marvel to read.... the data is presented in such a flowery way that such a boring topic like PERL has been made interesting ..... go ahead ...read it for once and you would realise the actual power and strength this book possesses ....

I am very new to Perl, and after going through the book I got more confused. The example that they have given in the book doesn't even run most of the time, you need to work on them on your own, if you have learned perl earlier, then its fine, otherwise you will find it very difficult to understand the book, the Author thinks people who will buy the book know everything, language is difficult. There is no practice questions available in the book. Topics are kind of scattered here and there th...