On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 17:28, Telemachus <telemac...@arpinum.org> wrote: > On Fri Sep 11 2009 @ 4:16, Chas. Owens wrote: >> I love perldoc, but it does not document the language nearly as well >> as Programming Perl. Of course, that might be why perldoc is free and >> Programming Perl costs roughly $50 USD (and weighs a ton). > > There's also the problem that Programming Perl was last updated for Perl > 5.6, I believe. (5.8?) > > Unfortunately, it seems like O'Reilly has given up on Perl... snip
Yep, 3rd edition (which to my knowledge was the last version) was published in 2000 and therefore can only cover up to Perl 5.6. Luckily 5.8 didn't change much and 5.10 has very explicit documentation about what it added. In general, perldoc is getting better over time, and that trend looks like will continue. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
