Re: [TCLUG:18790] quick way to strip spaces...

[<andy@theasis.com>]

> As an aside, I really admire Perl's power and maturity as a language. But
> I can't stand the syntax! I mean, $_, yeah that's intuitive. 

True, but note also that in many cases it's assumed, and you don't need to
explicitly reference it.

> And as much
> as people recommend "Programming Perl", I just don't like that book. 

I see it as a great reference, but to learn perl, it's terrible.
Learning Perl, OTOH, is exceptional for novices.

> Perl could definately use an annotated online manual like PHP's [1].

Andy

> Luke