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Title: Perfect for the basics, not as good for the advanced feature
Review: Like all of the "Nutshell" series, this book is a detailed language reference with little or no "how to" value. Even so, I learned more about Perl from this book than any other I've read. The basics of the language are well documented and easy to apply when you need to. The second portion of the book deals with the various modules available for Perl. It is in this section that the book begins to gloss over things and becomes far less useful. Even the examples in these areas become more confusing. If you need a reference for the language basics, the book is wonderful. For the modules, it is little more than an overview, leaving you with an understanding of what they are used for, but not always how to use them.
