> "asmith9983" == asmith9983 writes:
asmith9983> I've found the site:-
asmith9983> [redacted]
asmith9983> very useful for things I've worked on for examples.
Sir, I'm personally offended by you. The authors of the materials you've just
posted an indirect link for worked hard to produce th
Dermot wrote:
>2009/4/8 Richard Hobson :
>> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50 -0400, "Chas. Owens"
>> wrote:
> Amazon US has "Intermediate Perl" new for $25,
>> while Amazon UK has it for $46, excluding postage.
>
>
>It's £30.99 and postage is free if you accept standard 2nd class delivery.
30.99 GBP in
2009/4/8 Richard Hobson :
> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50 -0400, "Chas. Owens"
> wrote:
Amazon US has "Intermediate Perl" new for $25,
> while Amazon UK has it for $46, excluding postage.
It's £30.99 and postage is free if you accept standard 2nd class delivery.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intermediat
Richard Hobson wrote:
> So, I've done the "Learning Perl" book, and frustrating myself no end
> by trying to write a chess program using just the knowledge contained
> in "Learning Perl" and with no modules.
> I thought about getting "Intermediate Perl", but I've heard that
> "Programming Perl" is
I've found the site:-
http://www.pdf-search-engine.com/perl-pdf.html
very useful for things I've worked on for examples. I would say, if you find
a book thats good show respect to the author ande purchase a copy.
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009, Brian J. Miller wrote:
Ric
One other thing: http://perldoc.perl.org/ is an excellent way to read the
docs online (searchable too), and it provides pdf versions of almost
everything.
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On Wed Apr 08 2009 @ 1:08, Richard Hobson wrote:
> But, what's the advantage of "Programming Perl" when we have "perldoc"?
> What does the book give me that perldoc does not?
One thing that nobody has mentioned is that Programming Perl hasn't been
updated since Perl 5.6. There have been two major
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 08:57, Richard Hobson wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50 -0400, "Chas. Owens"
> wrote:
>> Your whois information suggests that you live in the US; I am always
>> amazed to hear fellow Americans say things like "that book is
>> expensive." We have a wonderful lending librar
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50 -0400, "Chas. Owens"
wrote:
> Your whois information suggests that you live in the US; I am always
> amazed to hear fellow Americans say things like "that book is
> expensive." We have a wonderful lending library system in this
> country, use it. If your local library d
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:08:41 +0100, Richard Hobson wrote:
> But, what's the advantage of "Programming Perl" when we have "perldoc"?
> What does the book give me that perldoc does not?
In earlier editions, the only difference was footnotes. Later editions
have more significant differences but I d
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 08:42, Richard Hobson wrote:
snip
> OK. I'll probably stick with perldoc and get "Intermediate Perl". I'm
> currently unemployed, so I can't really fork out for both books right
> now - but I have plenty of time to learn Perl!
snip
Your whois information suggests that you l
Richard Hobson wrote:
> Thanks Brian
>
> On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:37 -0400, "Brian J. Miller"
>> Interesting first choice, but okay... Was there something in particular
>> that you are getting hung up on?
>
> Yeah, the complexity of chess! I'm getting there. I do miss a lot of
> short-cuts and effi
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 08:37, Brian J. Miller wrote:
snip
>> I thought about getting "Intermediate Perl", but I've heard that
>> "Programming Perl" is the best next step.
>>
>
> I'd disagree and say that your suggestion of Intermediate Perl would be
> the next best step.
snip
I would say both are
Thanks Brian
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:37 -0400, "Brian J. Miller"
> Interesting first choice, but okay... Was there something in particular
> that you are getting hung up on?
Yeah, the complexity of chess! I'm getting there. I do miss a lot of
short-cuts and efficiencies in Perl that would help, bu
Thanks Brian
On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:37 -0400, "Brian J. Miller"
> Interesting first choice, but okay... Was there something in particular
> that you are getting hung up on?
Yeah, the complexity of chess! I'm getting there. I do miss a lot of
short-cuts and efficiencies in Perl that would help, bu
Richard Hobson wrote:
> So, I've done the "Learning Perl" book, and frustrating myself no end by
> trying to write a chess program using just the knowledge contained in
> "Learning Perl" and with no modules.
>
Interesting first choice, but okay... Was there something in particular
that you are ge
So, I've done the "Learning Perl" book, and frustrating myself no end by
trying to write a chess program using just the knowledge contained in
"Learning Perl" and with no modules.
I thought about getting "Intermediate Perl", but I've heard that
"Programming Perl" is the best next step.
But, what'
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