On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Joel Bernstein <j...@fysh.org> wrote:
> > On 26 Mar 2009, at 13:21, Rolf Banting wrote: > >> Fair enough Simon. I would recommend you look at the Cookbook too - it has >> recipes for everything from iterating through a hash to web automation. >> >> http:/SNIP/perl/cookbook/ >> > > Why would you do that? I'm sure you realise that a Ukrainian mirror of the > first edition is unlikely to be officially sanctioned. Didn't occur to me. Too busy to think to check. I apologise *unreservedly*if there is anything untoward about the link. > You like the book so much that you want to screw its authors by linking to > a pirated copy stolen from the Perl CD Bookshelf? I'm sure your mother taught you better. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003135/index.html > Is the correct link, and it's for the Second Edition rather than the First. > Which is newer and much better. > > Please don't encourage people to steal anybody's work, let alone the work > of such excellent community members (who have given so much to Perl) as gnat > and tchrist! > > I'm quite happy to accept that you might have made an honest mistake in > selecting that URL as an example, but I think it's important to note that > it's not a reasonable example and IMO one that cannot be accepted here. > > /joel >
