Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:46:17 -0600 From: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Absolute FreeBSD Message-ID: <c442a45ccb4c1ba145f470896d0ad2a5@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071214071254.GE20150@demeter.hydra> References: <164187.49783.qm@web88302.mail.re4.yahoo.com> <20071214071254.GE20150@demeter.hydra>
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On Dec 14, 2007, at 1:12 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: > For the record . . . title changes for new editions like that annoy me. > It can make it pretty difficult at times trying to determine whether or > not I'm about to buy a duplicate. The switch from Learning Perl > Objects, > References, and Modules to Intermediate Perl was another example of > that > sort of annoyance. > Perhaps you should look in /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/pod, which from my experience, has been better than any book I've ever seen for perl. Try running `perldoc perlintro` and `perldoc perllol`. With exceptions such as "old standard" languages, most free documentation that comes with the interpreter/compiler tends to be better than any book. A print out of perl's documentation would be far more valuable than almost any perl book on the market. Although I haven't looked much into any FreeBSD book, I wouldn't be surprised at all if FreeBSD's documentation combined with freebsd-questions would outweigh it.
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