Re: Scrounged books are not always good.

The only one on your list I can speak to is the black book.

I like having a copy of that around as a quick reference when I'm having a brain fart about a particular function, but it's not something I'd necessarily give someone to learn Perl. And I'd only keep it if it's the large fat copy, and not it's slimmed down cousin.

Of course it's a few years old, so that may factor in to your decision as well.

Useless trivia: In the 2004 Las Vegas phone book there are approximately 28 pages of ads for massage, but almost 200 for lawyers.

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Re^2: Scrounged books are not always good. by grantm (Parson) on May 25, 2006 at 10:20 UTC
I like having a copy of that around as a quick reference when I'm having a brain fart about a particular function If I was having a brain fart about a particular function, (e.g.: the order of the values returned by localtime) then I'd use perldoc with the -f (for function) option: `perldoc -f localtime` Not only would this be quicker than grabbing a book and locating the correct page, I'd be able to cut-and-paste the example code as well.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Scrounged books are not always good.
by grantm (Parson) on May 25, 2006 at 10:20 UTC

I like having a copy of that around as a quick reference when I'm having a brain fart about a particular function

If I was having a brain fart about a particular function, (e.g.: the order of the values returned by localtime) then I'd use perldoc with the -f (for function) option:

perldoc -f localtime

Not only would this be quicker than grabbing a book and locating the correct page, I'd be able to cut-and-paste the example code as well.

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