barryp (Paul Barry) writes "The Linux Journal have just published my review of Damian Conway's latest book. I think it is one of the most important books to appear in the Perl space in quite some time." Update: 09/15 16:21 GMT by P : Slashdot also posted a review of the book.
Re:Has this been edited?
barryp on 2005-09-16T10:50:34
Obviously, not enough. You are correct. Thanks for pointing out my typo (bad editing). This problem is , of course, exacerbated. Thanks again. (Paul).
Anybody want to clue me in, so I can avoid the book?
Re:Uh, $filehandles???
tirwhan on 2005-09-16T08:42:14
Seriously don't avoid this book. PBP has got to be the most useful perl reference since the camel.Re:Uh, $filehandles???
barryp on 2005-09-16T10:52:35
I cannot agree more, and said as much at the very end of my review: "PBP is a must-have". (Paul).Re:Uh, $filehandles???
mpapec on 2005-09-18T09:28:44
Damian shows in book that some of the perl defaults were badly picked, (i.e./xmg switches should be default for regexs) so most of current programmers should change the way they're thinking. I hope this will make sense to people which are starting with perl.. Avoidance
GAVollink on 2005-09-16T16:52:21
Perhaps I should clarify.What I meant to say, is that computer books are painfully expensive in general, and I don't want to buy another Perl book until the "Covers Version 6" editions start rolling.
Thank you all for your concern. I might flip through a copy at my local B&N.
covers Perl 6?
qu1j0t3 on 2005-10-01T02:57:52
Better bring a wheelbarrow to the bookstore if that ever happens.:) Re:Uh, $filehandles???
rafael on 2005-09-16T13:46:21
Well, FILEHANDLES are global, and global variables are evil, aren't they.Re:Uh, $filehandles???
barryp on 2005-09-16T14:00:44
Well.. emm ... eh ... sort of ... yes they are ... global, not neccarily evil, though ... and you are still strongly advised to read PBP. (Paul). Re:Uh, $filehandles???
marklark on 2005-09-16T18:21:36
No... Not evil.
Just potentially dangerous - like all powerful tools.
