Perl books (was: Experience regarding Python tutorials?)

[Cameron Laird]

In article <1124986050.757959.307630 at o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
SamFeltus <sam at nuevageorgia.com> wrote:
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>with (google TMTOWTDI), so Perl will teach you to BE CAREFUL.  The
>O'Reilly Perl books are excellent.
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Well, no.

I understand you writing that, and recognize it's a widespread
impression.  O'Reilly's Perl catalogue is indeed a notable 
achievement, with many high spots.

HOWEVER, there are over three dozen ORA Perl titles still in
print.  It's simply not true that they're all of uniformly 
superior quality.  Even among those which are unarguably
stylish, several are too idiosyncratic and even self-indulgent
to be "excellent" for a beginner at the level the original
poster described as his.