I want to teach myself perl.

[bigmana3]

My name is Bigmana3. I am very interested in graphics languages, and I would like to teach myself perl. I would like to know if anyone had any text on the basics of perl. I may beSo that gin my quest.

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Thanx,

Bigmana3.
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[MikeLacey]

Have a look at "Programming Perl" published by O'Reilly ISBN 1-56592-149-6

you can get it from amazon.com

by the way -- I wouldn't *really* have called Perl a graphics language -- what do you mean when you say that? [sig]<p>Mike<br><a href=mailto:michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com>michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com</a><br><a href=

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[ratz]

To learn to basics of perl can get free online tutorials to begin with.

The problem is actually running the script on a server.

Here are some free CGI hosting places:

http://www.mycgiserver.com

http://www.tripod.com

http://www.virtualave.com

But if you just want to learn syntax and not output to HTML until you have mastered the basics then I recommend Robert's perl tutorial at

http://www.netcat.co.uk/rob/perl/win32perltut.html

This allows you to run Perl for win32 and you mayalso get a free Perl Code editor from tucows.com and consider getting visual perl too once you need to test output to html, without having to be online all the time.

A good begginers refernce is &quot;perl and CGI&quot; by Elizabeth Castro.