Re: Perl6 book

From: Anno Siegel (anno4000_at_lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: 19 Jan 2005 14:52:42 GMT

Michele Dondi <bik.mido@tiscalinet.it> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> On 18 Jan 2005 11:04:23 -0800, ioneabu@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >On Amazon there are two O'Reilly Perl 6 books.
> [snip]
> >I am thinking of getting the 2nd one for $2.82 just to have a look. Is
> >the Perl 6 info already wrong and outdated from one book to the other?
> >Do I really need to know all about Parrot right away?
>
> I read at a bookstore a large part of "Perl6 Essentials". I don't
> remember which edition it was, not that I care, and I doubt it
> matters: after staying for some time in p6l I realized it was obsolete
> the very moment trees were cut or even before...

While true, and acknowledged by the authors, this doesn't mean the book
is useless. The book doesn't (and can't) tell you how to program in Perl
6, but it does give you an idea what it will be like to program
in Perl 6, and that is much less likely to change. I, for one, have
bought it and enjoyed the outlook a lot, even if I know better than to
memorize syntax at this stage.

Anno

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