>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russ> But that's exactly why you need to try it and see. The more a document Russ> spends on the arcane details of a function (which perldoc does), the more Russ> likely a beginner would get lost in those details and find some other source Russ> of reference. And *that's* the difference between a reference doc (like the manpage) and a good tutorial (I seem to recall a few of those). However, you didn't challenge my point. You merely made a different point. It is *not* sufficient to merely experiment. Reading the reference doc is mandatory for complete understanding. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
