a book I want

Allison Randal al at shadowed.net
Sun Jan 6 13:29:03 CST 2002


So, I'm sure O'Reilly or someone has thought of this (or something
similar). I'm just curious who. I really want this book.

Perl 6 Primer

Part one is written for people who are learning perl for the first time
on 6. Basically it's something we could use in perl-class. Certainly no
competition for llama or camel, just an intro.

Part two is for people who already know perl and want a quick jump
start/reference. This is for my co-workers, people who have taken the
perl class 4 times, etc.

It's a shortish book, under Perl in a Nutshell and over the Perl 5
Pocket Reference. I want it to be short enough that people don't feel
like they'll never get through it. It should be unintimidating but
informative. The Apocalypses and Exegeses are a bit much for the average
Perl user. The thing that bothers me is that I seem to encounter more
fear and disbelief than enthusiasm whenever I get in a conversation
about Perl 6.

If possible, the book should be released a few months before the full
production version of Perl 6, with a revision released on a fairly short
schedule to catch up with all the changes that are sure to happen in the
first months. 

Has anyone heard of such a creature, or rumors of such a creature?

al

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