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How many Perl books do you own?

Does this really matter? I own no Perl book, but I'm not Perl-ignorant.

There is a lot of free on-line Perl documentation, and it is more than enough to become a good Perl coder. If owning a book means anything, then IMHO, it means that you don't like screen reading. And that's not positive: you better get used to reading the stuff on the screen, because that is where your code is going to be.

Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

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Re: Re: Re: Perl Exam?(Books)
by ptkdb (Monk) on Oct 21, 2003 at 17:47 UTC
    How many Perl books do you own?

    Does this really matter? I own no Perl book, but I'm not Perl-ignorant.

    Ignoring the issue of hardcopy versus onscreen(for now), I would ask this question as an indicator of professional commitment. However, in retrospect, I might not ask it on the hypothetical test because it's far too easy to lie about it, and judges historically have turned me down for the search warrant.

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      I would ask this question as an indicator of professional commitment.

      It can also be an indicator of people just not getting it. I've lost track of the number people I've come across who keep buying Perl books in the hope that one would make sense to them.

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