Re: Update on Larry's talk

2000-10-12 Thread Piers Cawley
Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nathan Torkington wrote: $als_keynote = Dumper($Larry-perl6_design); snicker package Sympathy; sub create { print "We're behind you, $_!\n" } package main; create Sympathy because = RFCs for Larry; Heh, it actually

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 12:09:02AM -0700, Carlos Ramirez wrote: The Perl Recommended Reading List has been updated with the latest entries. Suggestions/Comments welcomed. Very nice, both in layout and in function (particularly the comparison prices). There's a danger that the list of

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread H . Merijn Brand
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 03:56:00 -0700, Carlos Ramirez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). I'm not sure if this will be a permanent place for this link, but for now you can get it here. If i left out a book or if you have a

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Clayton Scott
Carlos Ramirez wrote: Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). I'm not sure if this will be a permanent place for this link, but for now you can get it here. If i left out a book or if you have a new suggestion you can contact me or post it here

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 09:06 AM 10/12/00 -0400, Clayton Scott wrote: Carlos Ramirez wrote: Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). I'm not sure if this will be a permanent place for this link, but for now you can get it here. If i left out a book or if you have

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Mark-Jason Dominus
Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). It seems a little strange that 'Lord of the Rings' is not on the list.

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Simon Cozens
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 02:42:24PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote: This one's double: Compilers,Principles, Techniques and Tools Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools. You should read it twice. -- IBM Pollyanna Principle: Machines should work. People should think.

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Nicholas Clark
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 11:57:49AM -0400, Mark-Jason Dominus wrote: Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). It seems a little strange that 'Lord of the Rings' is not on the list. I would advise against buying the "Millennium Edition" if you

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread H . Merijn Brand
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:57:09 +0100, Simon Cozens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 02:42:24PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote: This one's double: Compilers,Principles, Techniques and Tools Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools. You should read it twice. And pay

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 03:56 AM 10/11/00 -0700, Carlos Ramirez wrote: Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). I'm not sure if this will be a permanent place for this link, but for now you can get it here. If i left out a book or if you have a new suggestion you can

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Tim Jenness
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Clayton Scott wrote: Introduction to Algorithms By: Cormen, Thomas H. / Leiserson, Charles E. / Et Al. / McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0070131430 Fatbrain says they cannot get this book but to see at ISBN 0262031418 It seems to be the same book but has a higher price and (Mit

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Carlos Ramirez
This sounds very doable. I will include the why's of why the book was recommended (basically a copy of the submitter's comments). Categorizing sounds like a good idea. If the list grows any longer, we'll be scrolling for years. The categories you suggested looks like a good start: Project

On Working groups, WGC, etc.

2000-10-12 Thread Adam Turoff
The FreeBSD Core team has just finished electing their next core team. Only "significant" contributors to the project were allowed to vote, and those elected hold office for a fixed term (two years). The Core Team of nine members determine the project's goals and directions. Many open source