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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: To pick a (perl) fight!
To: dglo@SSEC.WISC.EDU (Dave Glowacki)
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:01:44 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199603151441.IAA07676@tick.ssec.wisc.edu> from "Dave Glowacki" at Mar 15, 96 08:41:24 am
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> > > Many of you mentioned that Perl 5 does not have a book as a good reason
> > > for not using it.  I would just like to say that I noticed O'Reilly will
> > > be releasing one this spring (April?), so that argument is not going to
> > > be valid much longer.
> > 
> > Call us back when it's available in bookstores near us.
> 
> Hmm, "current version has more documentation" and "my software might break
> if I switch to the other version"... sounds like someone trying to
> rationalize not switching from Linux to FreeBSD :-)

Good point.  Someone write some (Free)BSD books.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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