Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: bible, sure, but over-rated

I guess I just prefer a book better from someone who DIDN'T invent the language. That is, a book from another perspective seems to point out the idiosyncracies of a language, etc. The only chapter of this book that I use is the 200 page one on Functions which, as its name implies, lists every Perl function and a basic couple of paragraphs about using that function. I've used Perl for years, but only resort to O'Reilly when I'm desperate. I expected a lot more from a book that is so well know.While not nerely as comprehensive, I prefer the book Cross-Platform Perl. I guess it's more of a tutorial (probably similary to O'Reilly Learning Perl).Only get this book if you're looking for a reference and already know perl. If you're looking for a book that will both teach you the language and serve as a reference after that, I'd avoid this one.