[Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Higher-Order Perl full text now available online

[William McKee]

----- Forwarded message from Mark Jason Dominus <mjd at plover.com> -----

> To: Higher-Order Perl announcement list <mjd-book at plover.com>
> From: Mark Jason Dominus <mjd at plover.com>
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:43:29 +0000
> Subject: Higher-Order Perl full text now available online
> Organization: Plover Systems
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> 
> Higher-Order Perl is now available online.
> 
> But first, a word from our sponsor:
> 
>         Higher-Order Perl is copyright 2005 by Elsevier
>         Inc.  Unauthorized reproduction or distribution is absolutely
>         forbidden.
> 
> In particular, note that although the text is available for free,
> Higher-Order Perl is not in the public domain and is not available
> under a free license of any sort.  I distribute it from my web site by
> virtue of special permission from the publisher.  You, most likely, do
> not have any such permission.
> 
> 
> YOU CAN GET IT FROM:
> 
>                    http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/
> 
> There are two versions available.  You have your choice of structure
> or presentation, but not both.
> 
> 
> PDF VERSION
> 
>                  http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/pdf/
> 
> 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
> in at least three ways:
> 
>         * It is the complete text of the *second* printing, which
>           incorporates many minor corrections; the bootleg copies are
>           all bootlegs of the first printing.
> 
>         * It does not have  a nasty little grafitto advertising a vainglorious
>           bootlegger plastered on every page.
> 
>         * It was come by honestly, not stolen from the printer.
> 
> 
> 
> MOD VERSION
> 
>                  http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/mod/
> 
> These are the original sources that I used to generate the manuscript
> draft that I first sent to the publisher.  They are written in MOD, a
> variation on the "pod" markup in which Perl's documentation is
> written.  It should be self-explanatory.  If not, drop me a note.
> 
> The big drawback of this version is that it not only omits the
> corrections that were added between the first and second printings,
> but also the much more significant corrections that were added before
> the first printing.
> 
> 
> 
> FREQUENTLY-ASKED QUESTION
> 
> Q. What took you so long?
> 
> A.      I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab
>         fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in
>         from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a
>         terrible flood, locust's. It wasn't my fault!! I swear to  God!!
> 
>    No, that's not right.  It's totally my fault.  I'd explain, but it
>    would feel too much like making excuses.  Also you probably don't
>    care about the mundane details of my life for the past four years.
>    And anyway, even if I rehearsed the whole thing, you would be quite
>    justified in asking, at the end of the long story, "So I don't get
>    it.  What too you so long?"
> 
>    You may remember I wanted to turn the book into a wiki.  That would
>    have been awesome.  But the book's fourth anniversary is coming up
>    this spring and I have to admit to myself that I'm not gonna get
>    the wiki together.  So I'm posting the thing already.
> 
>    If anyone else wants to try to turn it into a wiki, drop me a note.
> 
> 
> Enjoy.
> 
> 

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