Re: PHP vs Perl Question

I haven't been to Barnes & Noble yet, so I'm not sure if I will get the O'Reilly or the Wrox book yet, but supposing I went with O'Reilly, I wonder which would be better: Learning Perl 3rd Edition, or Learning Perl on Win32 Systems? I don't have much experience with Unix or Linux (minimal), but on the other hand, I use Windows ME, not NT. Also, I wonder if the Learning Perl on Win32 book might not me geared more towards NT administrators (I'm a web designer). Sorry this is so OT, but I really need to know and you people are the experts. Tom >I'd go for it. Perl can be messy, but it is also quite powerful and >doesn't HAVE to be messy. It is EVERYWHERE both in terms of availability >and use. But most of all, it is a fun language to play with... and if you >do any system admin it is an indispensable tool. >I recommend _Beginning Perl_ from Wrox over _Learning Perl_ by O'Reilly, >but only by a hair. Both are good. >c