books by Tom Christiansen (learning edition systems)

books by Tom Christiansen

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292 reviews
Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen

O'Reilly, 1998

very good book for anyone new to perl
I recommend this book to anyone who is new to perl. The only thing I thought could have been better though was add more examples after each chapter. But other than that the book explains the basics very good.

Programming Perl (3rd Edition)

110 reviews
Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2000

It is difficult to study perl using only this book.
It is difficult to study perl using only this book. Learning perl is the best way to study perl. This book should be a reference of perl. And there are many examples on the Net. You can use these examples to modify for your purpose. Sometimes, you should study how to debbug perl.

Perl Cookbook

109 reviews
Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington

O'Reilly, 1998

A must have
If you are beginner to expert, this helps with simple methods that are tried and true. I find it most helpful in giving me ideas of how to address problems far beyond the scope of the book. Sometimes just simple reminders of cookbook methods stimulates thoughts in orthogonal directions that yield the best solutions to customer problems.

Perl CD Bookshelf 2.0 CD-ROM

5 reviews
Ellen Perl in a Nutshell Siever, O'Reilly, ...

O'Reilly, 2001

A carton of camels for all you addicts
The CD Bookshelf series stands out as one of the best ideas in the history of IT book publishing - instead of forcing overcaffeinated geeks to flip through page after page of book after book to find the answers they need, why not put a complete library on a well-indexed CD-ROM and throw in a paper copy of the book they'll probably turn to first? O'Reilly, we thank you again. The new Perl CD ...

Programming Perl

133 reviews
Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, ...

O'Reilly, 1996

Awesome learning tool
This informal "bible" of Perl programming is an easy read for experienced programmers AND has a great index for reference. Walls and Christiansen team up well for us advanced beginners by welcoming us into the Club and giving us the straight scoop in a coherent structure.

Learning Perl on Win32 Systems

29 reviews
Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1997

Perl for Win32 People
I know this book has been bashed by some of the Amazon reviewers. However, I think the book has a particular audience (no surprise by the title): new Perl developers who are not from a UNIX background. It succeeds for that audience. I love the O'Reilly books on Perl, and this book is written by the most influential people in Perl (apart from Larry). I come from a UNIX background, I still found ...