I've been thinking for a while now about picking up _Mastering Perl Algorithms_, but I don't know if I should read a basic algorithm book first (I've had a bare introduction to them in a class some time back) or not.
Decisions, decisions...
Books
vek on 2002-03-11T18:49:58
You know, once you start down the rocky road of thinking you need that
extra Perl book it's going to be hard to stop. I should know, trust me. I've lost count of how many Perl books I own at this point. Let's see, I can see 8 in my cubie at the moment and I know I've got more at home. FWIW, here are the Perl books inhabiting my cubicle today:
CGI Programming with Perl
Writing Apache Modules with Perl and C
Programming Perl
Perl Cookbook
Advanced Perl Programming
Programming the Perl DBI
Network Programming with Perl
Object Oriented Perl
Phew.
go ahead
jmm on 2002-03-11T18:56:38
but I don't know if I should read a basic algorithm book first For most Perl users, I'd suggest the other way around. Read
Mastering Algorithms with Perl first, and then if there are particular algorithmic areas where you want to get more depth then go to Cormen et al.
We aimed to have enough theory to allow you to make an intelligent choice without overwhelming the practical aspects. I.e., it acts as an engineering book, showing you how to do the various operations in Perl.
Re:go ahead
darobin on 2002-03-11T20:39:45
I second that. I have no CS background and found the Wolf book to be very illuminating, and easy to read. It's one of my top Perl books, sometimes I even refer to the recipes for non-Perl stuff :-)
