Re: Is there a good Perl book out?

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From: Larry Wall
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 1989 07:51

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J Greely <jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
: Maybe, but what would you *call* it?  "Kitchen Sink Shell
: Programming"?  "Cultered Perl"?  "Diamonds in Perl"?  "Never mind the
: catsup, pass the features"?

"Don't Cast Your Perl's Before Swine", obviously.  :-)

I am seriously considering writing a Perl book in my copious free time.
After all, it's the only way I'm ever gonna make any money off it.
Unless there's some billionaire out there that wants to set up a
foundation for aging techno-nerd hackers like me...

How about "The Perl of Great Price"?

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov

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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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Subject: Re: Is there a good Perl book out?
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Date: 1 Sep 89 07:51:21 GMT
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