LanX, given the brand new O'Reilly book in the photo appears to be Perl 6 Essentials (published June 2003), I suspect EvanCarroll accidentally made his post ten days too early.

Update: Perl 6 Essentials (books.google.com link)

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There was a substantial discussion about this, not long ago, when the giveaway was being planned. I thought it was here (on perlmonks) but I can't find the discussion now...

Ah, found it: Next Wednesday @ Houston Linux Users Group, a giveaway of Perl 6 Essentials, "The community rewrite of Perl". Come out if you want a copy! ... also by "the most respected person in the whole perl community" lol.

The point I made in that thread is that this book is of historical interest (value?) only. As many have pointed out, it is utterly useless. I wonder what Colby expects from it. Maybe he has a wobbly table?

Given that over one third of EvanCarroll's posts here have a negative rep, I suppose you're right, and "fooling" is part of the concept.

Cheers Rolf
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Someone else had a similar response, so I've learned something. Next time I'll wait until the week after April Fools. However, I'm not joking. I really did give away this book, and Colby really did win it.


Evan Carroll
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No, it was renamed, way way way too late, to stop tainting Perl's reputation. About 14 years too late. Maybe more.

That ... thing should never have been assigned a version. It should have been a project with its own codename right from the start. :-(((

Better don't feed!

I was just trolling back. :)

Cheers Rolf
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