On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 08:57, Richard Hobson <pub...@richardhobson.com> wrote: > On Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:50 -0400, "Chas. Owens" <chas.ow...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Your whois information suggests that you live in the US; I am always >> amazed to hear fellow Americans say things like "that book is >> expensive." We have a wonderful lending library system in this >> country, use it. If your local library does not have the 3rd Edition >> of Programming Perl, then ask you librarian to order a copy. They >> generally want to help you. > > Actually, no. I live in the UK, and price for O'Reilly books here are > significantly higher. Amazon US has "Intermediate Perl" new for $25, > while Amazon UK has it for $46, excluding postage. Also, I live in a > relatively small town in Scotland, whose libraries tend not to purchase > obscure programming books on demand. > > Look, I'm not after pity. I just want advice about which book to get. > > Cheers, > Richard >
And I am not offering pity, but a method to get what you need. You may be able to get books through intra/inter-library loan, talk to your local librarian. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
