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As a newbie to Perl and coding, though not at all a child, I can maybe offer some input..<br><br>
I have tried C, using the K&R book, and, although I enjoyed it, I was never able to get into it. I think the reason for this is due to the fact that I had a hard time seeing how far I could take it. <br><br>
With Perl, I grabbed the "Learning Perl" O'Reilly book, and immediately saw some possible uses for it. I have taken those possible uses and turned them into actual working code (though probably not the best), and have started asking people what they wanted created. I have written a phone number to word generator (and the other way around), as well as a program that monitors your machine for an IP address change, when it changes, it will then update an HTML page with the new IP. <br><br>
Neither of these are the cleanest code, and some would shudder to look at it I'm sure, but they work, in a few short months I have learnt a lot more Perl than I ever did C. Immediate gratification is a very good thing for newbies (like myself).<br><br>
Now that I have created my first few applications I am trying very hard to advance both my programming knowledge, as well as style - ie use strict, better structure. I have ordered the 6 cd set from O'Reilly, and am looking forward to going through Perl Programming to advance further.<br><br>
Rules are important, no doubt, but IMHO, you have to give the carrot stick before applying the whip ;-)
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In a semi-related note, I would like to be able to throw some code up and have someone tell me what I have done wrong, or what could be better and why, I am completely dependant on just working through the books right now, and would like to know where I need improvement (OK, OK, everywhere, but you know what I mean). I'm not sure that Perlmonks is the best place for that though, some thoughts?
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