Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:48:19 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Joshua Isom" <jrisom@gmail.com>, "Chad Perrin" <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Absolute FreeBSD Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCGEDGCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <c442a45ccb4c1ba145f470896d0ad2a5@gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Joshua Isom > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 11:46 PM > To: Chad Perrin > Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List > Subject: Re: Absolute FreeBSD > > > > 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. > It's not the raw knowledge that is the power. It's the presentation. Newbies cannot digest the FreeBSD docs since the docs assume the user isn't a newbie. Ted No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.1/1183 - Release Date: 12/13/2007 9:15 AM
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