Re: perlfaq2: Perl books

2005-01-30 Thread Robert Spier
> I wonder if perlbook is still relevant in its current form. Moving the > book list to it seems to be a good idea. Anyway it does now > point as well to books.perl.org (#23893). +1 Also. books.perl.org could use some fresh data -- we're out of forthcoming books. If anyone's got some data, I'd

Re: perlfaq1: "Which version of Perl should I use?" and "What are perl4, perl5, or perl6?"

2005-01-30 Thread Robert Spier
> +Versions prior to perl5.004 had serious problems with > +buffer overflows, and in some cases have CERT advisories. If someone is asking the question "what version of perl" - they may not know what a buffer overflow or CERT advisory is. Can the words "security problem" or "security hole" be wo