This isn't exactly religion, to many people, but here goes,
nevertheless ...
One piece of reading which I've enjoyed a lot is the "bible" for
Perl programming, _Programming Perl_. There is one part where the
authors discuss different optimization techniques, and argue for
diametrically opposite solutions, with good reasons for both. Not only
is this "fair", it's also thought-provoking, and fun.
I was going to quote a snippet here but I'll spare you. Get the
book. It's eminently readable and a knowledge of Perl couldn't hurt
anybody, these days.
Don't get the book. It's not up to date with respect to Perl 5 which
is what everybody use these days anyway. And leave the programming to
programmers, you'll only hurt yourself, and piss off the pig, as the
saying goes.
/* era */
This is my first post to this list. Flame me gently.
_Programming Perl_, Larry Wall && Randal L. Schwartz; O'Reilly 1990
ISBN 0-937175-64-1
<http://www.ora.com/www/info/perl/>; <http://www.cis.ufl.edu/perl/>
-- See <http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/~reriksso/> for mantra, disclaimer, etc.
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