Re: New edition of the Cheetah?

[I wrote this last week but got forgotten in my Pending mail folder till now]

I'd cancel the order. It shouldn't be available for pre-order.

There is a new edition partly written (by Jeff Zucker and myself)
but it's less than half done, not been touched for about a year,
and I doubt it'll be touched anytime soon.

We still plan to complete it, but first I want to have something
concrete to put in it about DBI2 and Perl6. If only to give myself the
inspiration I need to write prose.

But at the moment I don't have anything concrete to say about DBI2 and
Perl6. That needs to change.

Tim.

On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 07:47:15AM -0700, Brian H. Oak wrote:
I pre-ordered an updated edition of the "Cheetah" book, _Programming
the Perl DBI_, on July 24 of this year. I saw it announced and,
having wished for an update for a very long time, bought it on the
spot.

Problem is, the release date keeps slipping. The original ship date
was supposed to be September 24. But then I was told on September 25
that it would ship on November 28. A couple of days ago it slipped
again, this time to January 30, 2008.

I understand that writing and publishing a book is not a trivial
undertaking, but I have to wonder if this particular book is ever
going to materialize. I thought I would pose the question to this
forum, since I have seen at least one of the authors here.

It's not like this new edition is crucial to my ongoing use of the
DBI, but the original was written so long ago that it is almost
useless. I will admit to being a bibliophile, especially when it
comes to Perl books. But it would be extremely nice to get an updated
hardcopy of "The State of the DBI".

So does anyone know? Am I wishing in vain? Should I just cancel my
order, which so far has only resulted in intermittent dismay? Are
there others here who share in my disappointment?

Thanks,

-Brian
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