in reply to The Camel and the Panther

If you like the way Learning Perl introduces you to the language, and you wish you had a book that was written in that style (by perhaps the same authors) that covered packages, references, objects, modules, testing, and distributions, perhaps your wishes will be fulfilled in a few months.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re: Re: The Camel and the Panther
by tombmbdil (Beadle) on Jan 28, 2003 at 21:33 UTC
    *grin* That would be really awesome.
    I grew up (as a perl disciple) under the wings of Learning Perl.
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Re: •Re: The Camel and the Panther
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jan 28, 2003 at 22:08 UTC
    Is it going to be the platypus book?!? I like platypi ...

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    Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means Worry only about what you need to implement.

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      They're platy-bloody-puses, mate !

      "Pus" as in octopuses is from the Greek, not Latin. And anyway this is English...AND

      It's also what they're called in the native habitat, when you +can+ call them.

      Meanwhile, peek a bit at the perlboot pod ... even if you have a basis in O-O concepts. Having heard Randal's presentation based on it, I recommend it as a good way in from the outside.
      I have this theory that I learn better if I actually find two or more ways "in" from the outside of an area I'm trying to understand... you may find the same thing. I certainly picked up a few Perlish nuances about objects that I hadn't otherwise grocked.

      Hm.... wonder if perlboot was the start of the new book ?
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Re: •Re: The Camel and the Panther
by jplindstrom (Monsignor) on Jan 28, 2003 at 21:39 UTC
    What's the name of the book?

    URL?


    /J

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