Pick language X. Buy Learning X from O'Reilly, e.g. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ I don't think it ma

Pick language X. Buy Learning X from O'Reilly, e.g. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnperl4/ I don't think it matters that much what you start with unless you have something in particular in mind you want to do, in which case, no matter what it is, choose Perl :)