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From: e...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Eben Moglen)
Subject: Damn fool question re Camel Book
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I have written a fair amount of perl in the last several months, but always
without reading the so-called Camel Book, which I see referred to here
frequently. I appreciate that this should be FAQ, but doesn't seem to be:
can I ftp this book from somewhere?
If not, could someone please excerpt the basic discussion of perl pointers
and send it to me? I can't seem to puzzle out for myself the Single True
Perl Concept that explains what happens when you dereference in various
contexts left and right of assignment. Sorry to be so obtuse. Thanks for
the help.
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From: jre...@sousa.intel.com (John Reece)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Damn fool question re Camel Book
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Date: 8 Apr 92 17:03:32 GMT
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In article <1992Apr5.162822.29...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>,
e...@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Eben Moglen) writes:
>
> I have written a fair amount of perl in the last several months, but always
> without reading the so-called Camel Book, which I see referred to here
> frequently. I appreciate that this should be FAQ, but doesn't seem to be:
> can I ftp this book from somewhere?
It's "Programming in Perl", by Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz.
Published by O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. as part of their "Nutshell"
series. It's called the camel book because there's a picture of
a camel on the from (The nutshell people like to illustrate their covers
with non-sequiters).
--
John Reece
Intel spokesman? Not!
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From: lw...@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
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Subject: Re: Damn fool question re Camel Book
Message-ID: <1992Apr22.034822.19092@netlabs.com>
Date: 22 Apr 92 03:48:22 GMT
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In article <10...@inews.intel.com> jre...@stravinsky.intel.com writes:
: It's called the camel book because there's a picture of
: a camel on the from (The nutshell people like to illustrate their covers
: with non-sequiters).
Only if you sequence solely with your left brain. In actual fact,
I asked for a camel for various right-brain reasons, not the least of
which is that camels are ugly and have an attitude...
Larry
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From: tn...@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff)
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Subject: Re: Damn fool question re Camel Book
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Date: 27 Apr 92 05:06:56 GMT
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The camel on the Perl (versions 3&4) book is nice, but if Perl 5.0 is
going to be so new and great, I think the next book should have...
JOE CAMEL
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From: k...@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com (Kevin Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Damn fool question re Camel Book
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In article <74536...@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tn...@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
The camel on the Perl (versions 3&4) book is nice, but if Perl 5.0 is
going to be so new and great, I think the next book should have...
JOE CAMEL
Ya, then we wouldn't have to burden Larry with marketing the following
much-needed articles:
camel tee-shirts
camel cigarette lighters
camel beach towels
camel key fobs
(what do you say larry) :-)
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From: lw...@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
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Subject: Re: Damn fool question re Camel Book
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Date: 28 Apr 92 17:50:30 GMT
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In article <KJJ.92Apr27135...@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com>
k...@pondscum.phx.mcd.mot.com (Kevin Johnson) writes:
: In article <74536...@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tn...@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
:
: The camel on the Perl (versions 3&4) book is nice, but if Perl 5.0 is
: going to be so new and great, I think the next book should have...
:
: JOE CAMEL
:
: Ya, then we wouldn't have to burden Larry with marketing the following
: much-needed articles:
:
: camel tee-shirts
: camel cigarette lighters
: camel beach towels
: camel key fobs
:
: (what do you say larry) :-)
Camels are cool, and smoking isn't. The tobacco companies should be
sued for false advertising.
Larry