I'm up to 16.17, making lots of changes as I go. A lot of it is just to use lexical filehandles, but there's been some changes to Perl that require documentation (e.g., safe signals). Many thanks to poor Jarkko, who not only spent years patching to make 5.8, but who now has to endure my questions about it.
Boy, it sure feels good to remove that long "SIGNALS SUCK! YOU WILL COREDUMP!" section, even though I have to replace it with a smaller "well, things won't coredump but if you have a particularly hostile standard library then you may, perhaps, never receive your signals."
That's progress!
--Nat
Re:when?
gnat on 2003-01-29T23:01:01
The goal is to have it out by OSCON. February will be hell, but I think we can do it.--Nat
Re:Perl XP Cookbook
gnat on 2003-02-13T15:38:12
Actually, there's good news a-coming for you Perl and XP people. More I cannot say... -Nat
Re:Perl XP Cookbook
wickline on 2003-02-13T18:57:16
I'm assuming you mean something more interesting than 'the sun shall rise tomorrow', so I'll wait in baited anticipation for whatever-it-is:)
-mattRe:Perl XP Cookbook
jdavidb on 2003-04-02T14:47:28
Hmm, just found this discussion thanks to wickline. I'm already on the record as saying I will jump at the chance for a Perl and XP cookbook. Put me on your preorder list.
:) Oh, and looking at the table of contents for the Java XP Cookbook, my chief complaint is that it appears to focus more on tools than techniques. Hint, hint. That's not to say it didn't look like an equivalent Perl book wouldn't be invaluable, just that I'd rather see more on technique. A Perl Testing Cookbook might be a good idea, as well.
