I wrote a review of Peter Scott's book Perl Medic. Executive summary - it's very good, buy it.
Thanks for the informative review, good sir - it reinforced my impression-gleaned-elsewhere that Perl Medic belongs in my library (and brain).
That 'elsewhere' also mentioned Perl Debugged as a somewhat similar/related good book to have. Your thoughts? Possibilities of your reviewing it in the foreseeable future?Re:Somewhat similar/related book?
davorg on 2004-04-24T13:05:23
Yep, Perl Debugged is also a very good book. It's starting to look like Peter Scott's name should be seen as an indicator of a book that is well worth reading.
It's a real shame that Perl Debugged seemed to go largely unnoticed when it was published. I think that's at least partly to do with the (mistaken) idea that only O'Reilly publish decent Perl books (of course I'm a bit biased!)
I'm unlikely to get round to reviewing it tho' as I have so many recent(ish) books in my "books for review" pile that I won't ever get round to any older stuff.Re:Somewhat similar/related book?
hfb on 2004-04-25T12:19:14
Indeed, as much as I pushed and pushed and pushed Perl Debugged, noone seemed to take any notice of it and it's now out of print so there seems little point in writing a review of it.Re:Somewhat similar/related book?
davorg on 2004-04-25T12:33:10
I didn't know it had gone out of print. That's terrible news. Amazon still have a few copies so if you want one, you'd better buy it quickly.Re:Somewhat similar/related book?
hfb on 2004-04-25T12:40:49
Well, I suggested to Peter that he encourage AW to make it available as a PDF online much like they have done with similar TeX books that they no longer have in print. Hopefully, they'll do it since it's an equally terrific book that few noticed a couple of years ago but now that PM is finally catching on, it's certain to generate interest in PD.Re:Somewhat similar/related book?
Adrian on 2004-04-25T22:59:24
It's a real shame that Perl Debugged seemed to go largely unnoticed when it was published.Yes, I thought it was rather nice too.
One possible reason why it may have been overlooked - I've come across a few people who confused it with the similarly titled but (IMHO) really rather bad "Debugging Perl" by Martin Brown (basically just a rehash of Perl's POD).
I didn't realise Perl Debugged was out of print. Sad.
Re:Somewhat similar/related book?
davorg on 2004-04-26T07:11:08
I've come across a few people who confused it with the similarly titled but (IMHO) really rather bad "Debugging Perl" by Martin Brown/me admits to doing that.
It's the only Martin Brown book I own
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barbie on 2004-04-24T18:47:01
You can read my review of Perl Debugged here. I would highly recommend it as a worthwhile companion to Perl Medic.
