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I unabashedly love this comment. As a somewhat "new" sysadmin/coder back in the early 2000s, those blue O'Reilly books were like a business card, comfort blank
by bloopernova 5y ago
I unabashedly love this comment.
As a somewhat "new" sysadmin/coder back in the early 2000s, those blue O'Reilly books were like a business card, comfort blanket, and encyclopedia all in one.
I'd add "Mastering Regular Expressions" and maybe "Perl Best Practices". Oh and definitely "The Perl Cookbook", because it mirrored the way I learn best; from needing to do "a thing" and finding an example that mostly fits what I need.
- pkrumins 5y agoYESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
- bloopernova 5y agoONE OF US ONE OF US ;) Perl, the friendliest cult I ever did see!
- pkrumins 5y agoABSOLUTELY!
- dsr_ 5y agoI have often wished for "The $language Cookbook" for many values of $language. Highly recommended. I think "Mastering Regular Expressions" can be almost completely replaced by 'man perlre', but perhaps not for utter neophytes.
- bloopernova 5y agoMy only issue with man pages is that I can't flick through them away from my desk or computer/device. Which makes me wonder how easy it is to make a pipeline for man pages to my Kindle device/app. Hmm. Another rabbit hole to follow, joy!