John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: Bryan Harris wrote:
: >
: > > Read 'perlhist':
: >
: > How do you know this? I would never have thought to
: > come up with the 8 letters - "perlhist". I just look
: > on the Perl Bookshelf from O'Reilly, but I couldn't
: > find any reference to the birthdate.
: >
: > I think that's remained one of my biggest frustrations
: > -- people ask a question on the list, and someone will
: > reply saying, in effect, "Hey, dumb dumb, the answer
: > is right there in perldoc perlre!"
The FAQs for the list specifically prohibit us from
implying you "dumb dumbs" are dumb dumbs. :)
: > How in the world is a beginner supposed to know that?
Your not. That's one reason we are here. To help
beginners find the docs. Or as the list FAQ puts it:
2.6 - Is there anything I should keep in mind while
answering? We don't want to see 'RTFM'. That isn't
very helpful. Instead, guide the beginner to the
place in the FM they should R :)
Of course the next section says to not quote the
manual in a message, so please ignore the quote above.
: > So in this case, how should I have gone about looking
: > for that magical 8 letters above?
Ahh, Grasshopper. You must become one with the
documentation ...
Until you asked your question I had never peeked
inside 'perlhist'. In fact, I don't remember how I knew
there was such a file. It just made sense to me that
there should be a perl history file named "perlhist".
A warped twisted way of thinking is a side effect of too
much exposure to perl.
BTW, were you aware tat there is also a file named:
'perlbook'? It answers a question that pops up here
about twice a month.
: > If that's one of my biggest frustrations, I'd say I'm
: > doing pretty well.
: > Isn't perl great? =)
:
:
: Furrfu, kids today. When I starting programming in Perl
: there was one man page, no books and no web sites. :-)
When I starting programming in Perl ...
[Wait a moment.]
I only started a few years ago. I had everything!
When *Randal* started programming in Perl ...
There weren't even computers yet!
:)
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