wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) (08/31/89)
I am still using awk because the book _The_AWK_Programming_Language_ is so good. The examples in the book are useful and motivating. Perl is better than awk. The man page is slightly better than awk's. There is no book as good as A,W, and K's, however :-( Are there enough of us who would buy the book to make it worth NASA's while to pay Larry to write it? Is there any political support (politics a la X-windows) to get someone else to write it? Is there a Perl-users mailing list? A tout alors mes amours, -Mitch
jgreely@oz.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) (09/01/89)
In article <1318@ethz-inf.UUCP> wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle) writes: >Perl is better than awk. The man page is slightly better than awk's. >There is no book as good as A,W, and K's, however :-( >Are there enough of us who would buy the book to make it worth NASA's >while to pay Larry to write it? Maybe, but what would you *call* it? "Kitchen Sink Shell Programming"? "Cultered Perl"? "Diamonds in Perl"? "Never mind the catsup, pass the features"? >Is there a Perl-users mailing list? No, but we could always start one. The scripts to manage it would, of course, be in Perl (I have this nifty digest-maker, pity it breaks under 3.0a...). As soon as my job situation settles a bit, I'd even be willing to run it. "Okay, Max, we need something from each of the four basic food groups: something from the dough-and-frosting group, something from the carbonation- and-caramel-coloring group --" "How about the chewy-nougat- center-and-chocolaty-coating group?" "Don't forget the orange marshmellow peanuts! I think those are a vegetable." -=- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)
lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) (09/01/89)
J Greely <jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu> writes:
: Maybe, but what would you *call* it? "Kitchen Sink Shell
: Programming"? "Cultered Perl"? "Diamonds in Perl"? "Never mind the
: catsup, pass the features"?
"Don't Cast Your Perl's Before Swine", obviously. :-)
I am seriously considering writing a Perl book in my copious free time.
After all, it's the only way I'm ever gonna make any money off it.
Unless there's some billionaire out there that wants to set up a
foundation for aging techno-nerd hackers like me...
How about "The Perl of Great Price"?
Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.govbvs@light.uucp (Bakul Shah) (09/03/89)
In article <5941@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: > ... >How about "The Perl of Great Price"? How about `programming perl'... -- Bakul Shah <..!{ames,sun,ucbvax,uunet}!amdcad!light!bvs>
tli@sargas.usc.edu (Tony Li) (09/03/89)
The Perloined Program? Tony Li - USC University Computing Services Internet: tli@usc.edu Uucp: usc!tli Bitnet: tli@gamera, tli@ramoth This is a test. This is a only a test. In the event of a real life you would have been given instructions.
david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae) (09/05/89)
The Perls of Perline?
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<- "So raise your right hand if you thought that was a Russian water tentacle."jgreely@oz.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) (09/07/89)
In article <12552@s.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- One of the vertebrae) writes: >The Perls of Perline? Judging from the general reaction around here, that should be "The Perils of Perling". How about "Stalking the SysAdmin with Perl and Hatchet"? "I know it's not Unix, but it's *convenient*!" -=- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)
jay@hermix.UUCP (Jay Skeer) (09/07/89)
How about, _Mother of Perl_ ? j' --
jerry@olivey.olivetti.com (Jerry Aguirre) (09/07/89)
"Wisdoms of Perl"