On Tuesday, May 14, 2002, at 02:16 , Robert Beau Link wrote:
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> On Tuesday 14 May 2002 01:58 pm, Bob wrote:
>> Has Perl evolved that much...
> Let me chime in on this question; I'm also stuck with the 2nd ed camel.
> I know it's hopelessly outdated ('96? Ancient history!) but if a guy
> were broke would it be better to work from the old book in hand or to
> give it the ol' heave ho and live (and die) by the perldocs? Are there
> any simple caveats that would help one safely squeeze value from the
> 2nd ed?
[..]
Let's put this the other way around - much of what I wrote in perl
I wrote originally from the 1st Edition - and modified on
the fly = from the perldocs - so I bought the 3rd Edition in the
big hope that it would help me 'more' some how - and to be
truthful - if you can deal with coding from 'man pages' -
then spending the nickle on the 3rd Edition of the Pocket
Reference should be good enough - as that is where one will
really be thumbing. Since you will be able to 'cut and paste'
from the perldoc's rather than from books.
There is a lot of interesting and useful information in
the 3rd edition that goes into gory detail - if you like
that sort of stuff about why they opted to TIMTOWTDI'd it
this way or that...
Given that the Apocalypse is coming, you may want to wait
until the first of the Perl6 books come out - if you are
'book oriented', but frugal in these matters.
Oh Yes - when writing your POD for you apps and modules,
do make them cool enough so we can just cut and paste
our way through them to use them. Which Means YOU should
have it as
my ($firstThing, $secondThing, $thirdThing) =
thisCoolFunk($input1, $input2, $input3);
Your elders did that for you, be polite and show some
respect for the older generation....
{ did I mention that kids these days are just going to Python? }
ciao
drieux
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I have a hard time coping with the thought that people
can actually talk in terms of 'the nineties' as 'vintage'
and/or 'classic' - I really do not plan to be 'rational'
if they talk about 'retro' with regards to 1990-1999....
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