BKPRGPRL.RVW   961108
 
"Programming Perl", Larry Wall/Tom Christiansen/Randal L. Schwartz, 1996,
1-56592-149-6, U$39.95/C$56.95
%A   Larry Wall
%A   Tom Christiansen
%A   Randal L. Schwartz
%C   103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA   95472
%D   1996
%G   1-56592-149-6
%I   O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
%O   U$39.95/C$56.95 800-998-9938 707-829-0515 fax: 707-829-0104 nuts@ora.com
%P   670
%T   "Programming Perl"
 
Programmers!  Hackers!  Computer users of all levels!  What if we told you
there was a language that made easy things easy to program, but could handle
tough jobs too!  (And it won't clog your pipes!)  What if we told you it was
written by a linguist who tried to make sure that it was actually hard to make
a syntax error!  What if we told you it was the language of choice for Web
scripts and forms!(1)  How much would you pay?
 
Well, you don't have to!  It's free!
 
But wait!  There's more!  What if this language also had a friendly and
humorous tutorial book!(2)  *Now* how much would you pay?
 
But wait!  There's more!  What if we told you the *reference* manual for the
language was actually readable!  What if we told you that you actually *want*
to wade all the way through it as recreational reading so that you wouldn't
miss any of the jokes!  You wouldn't believe us, that's what!(3)  *Now* how
much would you pay?
 
Call now!  Since you got that hot-shot programming job your mother never hears
from you!
 
 
(1) No, don't give us that about Java.  What about all those ISPs still giving
out Netscape 1.1, or all the people who hang out on Freenets and use lynx?
 
(2) "Learning Perl", cf. BKLRNPRL.RVW
 
(3) Except, of course, for those who know of other writings by Wall or
Schwartz, or who have seen the collection of "Wallisms" that circulates on the
net.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1996   BKPRGPRL.RVW   961108
 
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