[olug] [OT]: Learning Perl Resources

[Dave Thacker]

On Sunday 29 July 2007 22:25, Stan Coleman wrote:
> I'm looking at learning a new program language this fall. Which is better
> Pearl or Phython or ????

Try them both and see which one you like.  I've spent more time with perl than 
python, so I'm familiar with it's resources. 

> What resourse (books website etc.) would you recomend if I wanted to teach
> myself? Or would you recomend me taking a class from some where?

For perl I recommend:  

Books
Learning Perl, published by O'Reilly

Websites
http://learn.perl.org/
http://www.perlmonks.org

Mailing Lists
The perl beginners mailing list:  
http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners

Local Groups
Omaha Perl Mongers: http://omaha.pm.org/

I'm sure there similar resources for python.  

As far as books vs classes, it depends on you and the way you learn best.  If 
you are self teaching, I recommend picking a problem that you want to solve 
and use your language of choice to solve it.  Have fun!

Dave