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Perl was the first programming language I learned. I spent about 2 years writing programs in it and studying it exclusively. Nowadays I don't use it at all. How
by jimmytucson 9y ago
Perl was the first programming language I learned. I spent about 2 years writing programs in it and studying it exclusively. Nowadays I don't use it at all. However, if I had chosen another language first then I never would have read Higher Order Perl -- truly one of the most brain-wrinkle-inducing books I've ever read, and loaded with examples of beautiful code (in Perl, no less!). Can't recommend it enough.
- i336_ 9y agoIt gets even better, apparently! http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/ http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/ > This is the publisher's own PDF proof of the second version, which was sent to the printers in August 2005. > This is better than the bootleg copies available from download sites (...): It is the complete text of the second printing, which incorporates many minor corrections; the bootleg copies are all bootlegs of the first printing. > Higher-Order Perl is not in the public domain and is not available under a free license of any sort. I distribute it from this web site by virtue of special permission from the publisher. > You may download the book for your personal use, but you may not distribute it to other people, either individually or by uploading it to a file-sharing service. FWIW, IMO anyone who wants to build an EPUB has all the tools and data they need to make a perfect rendition, and from reading that web page I think the author would be very receptive (and make it available from his site).
- mjd 9y agoI would like that, and if someone built an EPUB I would host it on my site.