I beg to differ. I have found that paper is far superior to perldoc. My books are highlighted, personalized, annotated, and can be used to kill spiders. Books clutter my physical desktop, but not my virtual desktop, which is far smaller. When was the last time you tried annotating an html file? Realistically, you can't do it. You'd have to start a separate text file of notes.

I won't argue that having html and perldoc for documentation isn't useful, because it is. And, true, having both the Perl Bookshelf and the Lincoln Stein CGI book in a digital form has been hugely convenient. Still, I wouldn't give up my books for anything. Sometimes, I just like to (gasp!) walk away from my PC, plunk myself down somewhere else, and read.

-Logan
"What do I want? I'm an American. I want more."

In reply to Books still work by logan
in thread Perl Man Pages by Clem

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