Reviews for Perl 5, Pocket Reference

1. An excellent guide for hackers - but not beginners

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2001

   This book is great, but make sure you know some perl before you buy it, as it is not in any way a tutorial.

2. Most useful Perl book a multilingual developer could ask for

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 1999

   If you are a multilingual programmer then this book makes life a whole lot easier. If I have to carry all the Perl, Java, HTML, JavaScript, Java and C++ books that I need with me every day then I will need a course in bodybuilding not Perl! This book is just right it jogs the memory just enough to help you remember the constructs used in Perl. Well now I just wish the someone would write a book like this for the other five languages I use!

3. the most useful book I ever bought for my studies

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, August 12rd, 1999

   I bought the Perl 5 Pocket Reference when I took a Perl 5 course. No book has been more (cost)effective in my study career than this. It looks very expensive for such a small book, but due to small character typesetting and telegramme style writing, a lot of content. Spectacles not included ;-)