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I don't see why the Camel should be on that list. It was never important to me. I borrowed a copy for a few days and found that it wasn't all that useful. Eventually I just read the documentation and other books which aren't duplicated in the docs.

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Re^3: Best Perl Books of All Time
by McDarren (Abbot) on Apr 15, 2006 at 13:23 UTC
    I don't see why the Camel should be on that list.
    That's fair enough, and I won't argue with you.
    I guess it really comes down to how much individual value you get out of any particular book. When I think about my own personal experience with Perl, the three things that have had the greatest impact upon my learning curve were:

    • getting hold of a copy of the Camel,
    • getting hold of a copy of PBP, and
    • discovering Perlmonks :)

    So if somebody just starting out with Perl were to come to me and ask for some recommendations - that's the list I would give them.

    Cheers,
    Darren :)

      The first couple chapters or so of the Camel book are the best quick introduction to Perl I think I've ever seen for someone who's already a programmer (in other languages). It's certainly valuable for that if no other reason, to say nothing of the fact it's kind of an entertaining read.

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