From owner-freebsd-current Thu Mar 14 09:56:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA22072 for current-outgoing; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:56:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from yuri.microsoft.com (exchange.microsoft.com [131.107.243.48]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA22055 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:56:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by yuri.microsoft.com with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BB118C.3D23F180@yuri.microsoft.com>; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:54:30 -0800 Message-ID: From: "Scott Overholser (Volt Computer) (Exchange)" To: "'current@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: RE: To pick a (perl) fight! Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:54:23 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk yes, methinks most folks do prefer books. however, the camel book is mostly the perl 4 manpages all bound up nicely. i've printed all 200 pages of the perl 5 manpages and put them into a small binder to make a pretty handy perl 5 reference book. scotto >---------- >From: Paul Richards[SMTP:p.richards@elsevier.co.uk] >Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 1996 4:01 PM >To: current@FreeBSD.org; hsu@freefall.freebsd.org >Subject: Re: To pick a (perl) fight! > >> I'd say that until Larry writes a Perl 5 book so that >> there's some easily accessible documentation for it then >> >> There are over a hundred pages in the perl 5 man pages split out >> over 27 sections. I believe free, printable, and searchable on-line >> man pages qualifies as easily accessible documentation. > >I think that's a matter of opinion :-) Most people I know (me included) >prefer a book any day of the month. >