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Title: A decent intro for experienced programmers
Review: When I need to learn a new programming or scripting language, my first impulse is always to check one of the O'Reilly books. Their "Learning" and "Cookbook" series have always proven to be the best route to learning a new language for me, whether it's Perl, Python, Ruby or any other language. This particular volume isn't quite as good as the Oreilly intro Perl book(s) I taught myself from, but it's a good source for someone who already has some experience in scripting using Perl or PHP. Together with thePython Cookbook, though, it's a good reference for getting up and running with real-world programming.
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