=head1 NAME
-perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 2002/11/16 23:33:08 $)
+perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.25 $, $Date: 2003/10/16 04:57:38 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
One simple way to check that things are in the right place is to print out
the hard-coded @INC that perl looks through for libraries:
- % perl -e 'print join("\n",@INC)'
+ % perl -le 'print for @INC'
If this command lists any paths that don't exist on your system, then you
may need to move the appropriate libraries to these locations, or create
=head2 What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
-The now defunct comp.lang.perl newsgroup has been superseded by the
-following groups:
+Several groups devoted to the Perl language are on Usenet:
comp.lang.perl.announce Moderated announcement group
- comp.lang.perl.misc Very busy group about Perl in general
- comp.lang.perl.moderated Moderated discussion group
+ comp.lang.perl.misc High traffic general Perl discussion
+ comp.lang.perl.moderated Moderated discussion group
comp.lang.perl.modules Use and development of Perl modules
comp.lang.perl.tk Using Tk (and X) from Perl
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi Writing CGI scripts for the Web.
-There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by perl.org at
-nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists at
-http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available under the
-C<perl.*> hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other groups are listed at
-http://lists.perl.org/ ( also known as http://lists.cpan.org/ ).
+Some years ago, comp.lang.perl was divided into those groups, and
+comp.lang.perl itself officially removed. While that group may still
+be found on some news servers, it is unwise to use it, because
+postings there will not appear on news servers which honour the
+official list of group names. Use comp.lang.perl.misc for topics
+which do not have a more-appropriate specific group.
-A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site, http://www.perlmonks.org/
+There is also a Usenet gateway to Perl mailing lists sponsored by
+perl.org at nntp://nntp.perl.org , a web interface to the same lists
+at http://nntp.perl.org/group/ and these lists are also available
+under the C<perl.*> hierarchy at http://groups.google.com . Other
+groups are listed at http://lists.perl.org/ ( also known as
+http://lists.cpan.org/ ).
+
+A nice place to ask questions is the PerlMonks site,
+http://www.perlmonks.org/ , or the Perl Beginners mailing list
+http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners .
Note that none of the above are supposed to write your code for you:
asking questions about particular problems or general advice is fine,
If you're just looking for software, first use Google
( http://www.google.com ), Google's usenet search interface
-( http://groups.google.com ), and CPAN Search ( http://search.cpan.org ).
+( http://groups.google.com ), and CPAN Search ( http://search.cpan.org ).
This is faster and more productive than just posting a request.
=head2 Perl Books
by Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington,
with Foreword by Larry Wall
ISBN 1-56592-243-3 [1st Edition August 1998]
- http://perl.oreilly.com/cookbook/
+ http://perl.oreilly.com/catalog/cookbook/
If you're already a seasoned programmer, then the Camel Book might
suffice for you to learn Perl from. If you're not, check out the
ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001]
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/
+And for more advanced information on writing larger programs,
+presented in the same style as the Llama book, continue your education
+with the Alpaca book:
+
+ Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules (the "Alpaca Book")
+ by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway)
+ ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003]
+ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/
+
If you're not an accidental programmer, but a more serious and
possibly even degreed computer scientist who doesn't need as much
hand-holding as we try to provide in the Llama, please check out the
ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001]
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/
+ Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules
+ by Randal L. Schwartz, with Tom Phoenix (foreword by Damian Conway)
+ ISBN 0-596-00478-8 [1st edition June 2003]
+ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lrnperlorm/
+
Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen,
with foreword by Larry Wall
Mastering Regular Expressions
by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
- ISBN 1-56592-257-3 [1st edition January 1997]
- http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex/
+ ISBN 0-596-00289-0 [2nd edition July 2002]
+ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/
Network Programming with Perl
by Lincoln Stein
ISBN 1-56592-716-8 [1st edition January 2002]
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastperltk/
+ Extending and Embedding Perl
+ by Tim Jenness and Simon Cozens
+ ISBN 1-930110-82-0 [1st edition August 2002]
+ http://www.manning.com/jenness
+
=back
=head2 Perl in Magazines
announcements, contests, and much more. I<TPJ> has columns on web
development, databases, Win32 Perl, graphical programming, regular
expressions, and networking, and sponsors the Obfuscated Perl Contest
-and the Perl Poetry Contests. As of mid-2001, the dead tree version
-of TPJ will be published as a quarterly supplement of SysAdmin
-magazine ( http://www.sysadminmag.com/ ) For more details on TPJ,
-see http://www.tpj.com/
+and the Perl Poetry Contests. Beginning in November 2002, TPJ moved to a
+reader-supported monthly e-zine format in which subscribers can download
+issues as PDF documents. For more details on TPJ, see http://www.tpj.com/
Beyond this, magazines that frequently carry quality articles on
Perl are I<The Perl Review> ( http://www.theperlreview.com ),
=head2 Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
The Google search engine now carries archived and searchable newsgroup
-content.
+content.
http://groups.google.com/groups?group=comp.lang.perl.misc
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