Re: [SLUG] Perl Books

[Jobst Schmalenbach <jobst@nospam.barrett.com.au>]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 08:42:33PM -0500, Matt (icq2000site@nospam.hotmail.com) wrote:
> Wow, seems like everyone went spak recommending Perl scripts (oh comon, you 
> had to .. it was easy :)
> 
> I just thought i'd ask the community for recommendation on cheaper perl book 
> alternatives (har har har.. man pages are free) :)
> 
> Learning Perl is like 60 dollars and roughly, so is the Cookbook and 
> Programming Perl. Are there any other alternatives that popped up lately ? 
> Programming books dont HAVE to be over > $50 ... I wonder why they're often 
> double that of many other books .. because they have a shorter lifespan ? 
> Hmm ..
> 
> So can anyone recommend an alternative source of geek books other than 
> OReilly or is the price really worth ORA content ?

You get what you pay for, simple as that.
O'Reilly *IS* good.
Full Stop.

Jobst

PS: I am two books short of getting "the deal", too ;-).




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