On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Gladstone Daniel - dglads wrote:
I noticed that there is various version of
Learning Perl + Perl Cookbook
The most version (Version 4) costs the most. Does it matter the
version if I want to learn or do I need to get the most recent
version?
What is the groups thoughts?
Well, on one hand it's good to be up to date, and there *will* be
material in there that is now considered outdated or wrong.
On the other hand, if the current 'Cookbook is $45 and you can find a
remaindered copy of the original edition for $5, that's significant, and
understandable. I've gotten several books this way & have been mostly
happy with them -- an outdated, but once authoritative, reference book
is a lot more useful than no reference at all :-)
That said, depending on your employer, you might be able to talk your
company into buying the current edition for you. If you can make a case
that having the books will make you better at your job, then sometimes
they'll let you expense the price of books. It's worth a try...
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Chris Devers
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