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Re: PERL

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From: "Anthony R. Gold"
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 00:00
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On Wednesday, in article
     <slrn85f16i.4tc.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net>
     malcolm@demon.net "Malcolm Muir" wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 08:57:45 +0000 (GMT), Anthony R. Gold
>  <tgold@microvest.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >On Tuesday, in article
> >     <slrn85c43p.1j8.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net>
> >     malcolm@demon.net "Malcolm Muir" wrote:
> >
> >> Your best learning route is (IMO) the Nutshell books. 'Learning Perl'
> >> and 'Programming Perl'.
> >
> >Thanks for that.  Can anyone recomend ports to DOS/Win for use either 
> >as a practical tool or just for learning?  Or must I build a Linux 
> >box do do this properly?
> 
> Have a look in the reference I quoted. Specifically ftp.demon.co.uk
> [snip url typo] has DOS and several other ports. They vary in
> age and may be pre version 5. The DOS version does however appear to
> be Perl 5.
> 
> CPAN - Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - 'All the Perl material you
> will need'. - There is about 600Mb.

Many thanks.  I guess I'll need to look for a CD (Walnut Creek?) 
befofore I can explore the majority of this.

Regards,
-- 
   Tony - G3SKR / W2TG                   email: tgold@panix.com
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Date: 1999/12/15
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