On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 10:22 , nkuipers wrote: [..] > for someone who intends to pursue Perl while he's still breathing, would > you > recommend purchasing the Cookbook as an investment in skills and > time-saving? [..]
it would have been nice to have had it around when i started playing with perl in '90 - when all we had was perl4 and the first edition.... getting a chance to see how others may already have solved a given class of problem can save a lot on the development cycle of write run pull hair out rewrite run consider migrating to a new planet rewrite { repeat until it works or you go totally FruitLoops.... } but if you like the part about pulling out your hair, hey, don't let me prevent you.... ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]