We re-wrote Learning Perl because I convinced O'Reilly and Randal to do it. They haven't redone Programming Perl probably because none of the authors have asked to do it as well as the fact that they don't need to do it.

Learning Perl covers 80% of the Perl that most people will use every day. It's a tutorial. Programming Perl, however, is the definitive reference. You'd have to stack three Learning Perl books to get the spine width of Programming Perl. They don't cover the same things because Programming Perl covers a lot more.

O'Reilly does have discounts for authors. You'd have to talk to them about using it though.

--
brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com>

In reply to Re^3: latest perl book: 3rd edition still? by brian_d_foy
in thread latest perl book: 3rd edition still? by argv

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.