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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:56:24 +0000, Chris Wilkinson <chris@scout.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Can someone point me in the direction of PERL resources on Demon or
>elsewhere.  I am looking for an introduction to the language including
>programming instructions.  I need to make a multi page form with if else
>equivalents to mail information into a server.

We participate in the world wide CPAN mirror. ftp.demon.co.uk
/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN

Your best learning route is (IMO) the Nutshell books. 'Learning Perl'
and 'Programming Perl'.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                               Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                    322 Regents Park Road
England                                       London N3 2QQ

In article <slrn85c43p.1j8.malcolm@muir-et5.staff.demon.net>, Malcolm
Muir <malcolm@demon.net> writes
>On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:56:24 +0000, Chris Wilkinson <chris@scout.demon.co.uk> 
>wrote:
>>Can someone point me in the direction of PERL resources on Demon or
>>elsewhere.  I am looking for an introduction to the language including
>>programming instructions.  I need to make a multi page form with if else
>>equivalents to mail information into a server.
>
>We participate in the world wide CPAN mirror. ftp.demon.co.uk
>/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN
>
>Your best learning route is (IMO) the Nutshell books. 'Learning Perl'
>and 'Programming Perl'.
>
Thanks for the info.

CHRIS
-- 
Chris Wilkinson

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?

Regards,
-- 
   Tony - G3SKR / W2TG                   email: tgold@panix.com

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
/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ports 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.

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                               Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                    322 Regents Park Road
England                                       London N3 2QQ

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999 12:08:50 GMT, Malcolm Muir <malcolm@demon.net> wrote:

>Have a look in the reference I quoted. Specifically ftp.demon.co.uk
>/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ports 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.

Oops - that should be /pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/ports

Why do you always spot mistakes too late ...

-- 
Malcolm S. Muir                               Demon Internet Ltd.
Sunderland                                    322 Regents Park Road
England                                       London N3 2QQ

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

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.  

I haven't read Learning Perl, only Programming Perl. And I have to say that
Programming Perl is almost essential if you want to get anywhere with it.
My heavily thumbed copy is testimony to 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?

It's not necessary, although you may prefer it in the long run. There are 
ports to many platforms. There's a DOS version and also a Win32 version. 
Both are kept relatively up to date with the official versions.

For more info take a look at http://www.perl.com/

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On 15 Dec 1999 18:49:48 GMT, Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I haven't read Learning Perl, only Programming Perl. And I have to say that
>Programming Perl is almost essential if you want to get anywhere with it.
>My heavily thumbed copy is testimony to that!

Having a copy myself, I'm not so sure.  Once I twigged perldoc, and the
way the eletronic manual is organized, I started using that instead.

If I'm programing perl, I've got a computer with perldoc.  I may not
have Programming Perl.

Of course, I don't mind eletronic docs for reference, but others may.

-- 
Mike Bristow, Geek At Large	         ``Beware of Invisible Cows''
         GK/RT0011 - Essential reading for train-spotters.

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:45:57 GMT, Mike Bristow <mike@urgle.com> wrote:
>On 15 Dec 1999 18:49:48 GMT, Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>I haven't read Learning Perl, only Programming Perl. And I have to say that
>>Programming Perl is almost essential if you want to get anywhere with it.
>>My heavily thumbed copy is testimony to that!
>
>Having a copy myself, I'm not so sure.  Once I twigged perldoc, and the
>way the eletronic manual is organized, I started using that instead.
>
>If I'm programing perl, I've got a computer with perldoc.  I may not
>have Programming Perl.
>
>Of course, I don't mind eletronic docs for reference, but others may.

Well some people seem to prefer electronic docs, but most (by no means all,
but most) people that I've talked to about this sort of thing do prefer
printed docs.

I certainly do, as I like to keep my screen completely with the code, and
be able to simultaneously type as I am reading bits of info from the book
that's sitting open next to the PC on the desk here.

But this is verging off-topic, so FU poster.

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