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Title: Good, not great, Perl reference
Review: Hey, it's an O'Reilly and Associates book, so you know it has to be good. Nevertheless, I am not so impressed this 2nd edition compared to the 1st edition of this book. The 1st edition has more code examples (highly instructive) and has a much better layout.If you can get your hands on the 1st edition (covers Perl 4, not Perl 5, but almost all of Perl 4 code works fine with Perl 5) of this book, I recommend reading that one instead. The 1st edition is definitely a "10".
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