What books do you recommend to learn Perl?

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I'm a total novice to Perl.  To follow and adapt the example code in Automatic Exchange Betting, what are the best books to read?
asked Apr 27, 2011 in Automatic Exchange Betting by betwise4 Novice (260 points)

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The books recommended in the Appendix to Automatic Exchange Betting are probably the best place to start.

If you were able to read only one book, the classic O'Reilly introduction "Learning Perl" is best, IMO.
answered Apr 28, 2011 by colin Frankel (19,280 points)
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