From: Jarkko Hietaniemi Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 12:26:29 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Llama 3 updates from Randal. X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8fc9651a527f38523fa9c275e2719fbe49c09c9d;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git Llama 3 updates from Randal. p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10016 --- diff --git a/pod/perlfaq2.pod b/pod/perlfaq2.pod index 13fadbf..9af0fac 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq2.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq2.pod @@ -224,30 +224,34 @@ of real-world examples, mini-tutorials, and complete programs is: ISBN 1-56592-243-3 [1st Edition August 1998] http://perl.oreilly.com/cookbook/ -If you're already a hard-core systems programmer, then the Camel Book -might suffice for you to learn Perl from. If you're not, check out +If you're already a seasoned programmer, then the Camel Book might +suffice for you to learn Perl from. If you're not, check out the +Llama book: - Learning Perl (the "Llama Book"): - by Randal Schwartz and Tom Christiansen - with Foreword by Larry Wall - ISBN 1-56592-284-0 [2nd Edition July 1997] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl2/ + Learning Perl (the "Llama Book") + by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix + ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ + +If you're not an accidental programmer, but a more serious and +possibly even degreed computer scientist who doesn't need as much +hand-holding as we try to provide in the Llama, please check out the +delightful book, I, written by Nigel +Chapman. -Despite the picture at the URL above, the second edition of "Llama -Book" really has a blue cover and was updated for the 5.004 release -of Perl. Various foreign language editions are available, including -I (the "Gecko Book"). +If you are more at home in Windows, I +(the "Gecko Book") is available (unfortunately rather dated). -If you're not an accidental programmer, but a more serious and possibly -even degreed computer scientist who doesn't need as much hand-holding as -we try to provide in the Llama or its defurred cousin the Gecko, please -check out the delightful book, I, -written by Nigel Chapman. + Learning Perl on Win32 Systems + by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen, + with foreword by Larry Wall + ISBN 1-56592-324-3 [1st edition August 1997] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperlwin/ Addison-Wesley (http://www.awlonline.com/) and Manning (http://www.manning.com/) are also publishers of some fine Perl books -such as Object Oriented Programming with Perl by Damian Conway and -Network Programming with Perl by Lincoln Stein. +such as I by Damian Conway and +I by Lincoln Stein. An excellent technical book discounter is Bookpool at http://www.bookpool.com/ where a 30% discount or more is not unusual. @@ -284,10 +288,9 @@ Recommended books on (or mostly on) Perl follow. http://www.manning.com/Johnson/ Learning Perl - by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Christiansen - with foreword by Larry Wall - ISBN 1-56592-284-0 [2nd edition July 1997] - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl2/ + by Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix + ISBN 0-596-00132-0 [3rd edition July 2001] + http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ Learning Perl on Win32 Systems by Randal L. Schwartz, Erik Olson, and Tom Christiansen,