Re: Project Start: Section 1

2002-11-11 Thread Carlos Ramirez
Luke Palmer wrote: I very much dislike XML for writing. It'd be nice to use some kind of "extended POD" or something. Something that's mostly content, little structure. Formats with a lot of structure tend to be unproductive, and although the structure is useful, much of it is redundant and ca

Re: Roll Call

2002-11-09 Thread Carlos Ramirez
I think tutorials and code samples are a good start, especially to get started. In addition a reference manual (list) of builtins for quick lookups like perfunc would be helpful too. I like Rex's all-in-one reference guide http://www.rexswain.com/perl5.html And perldoc.com for a more comprehens

Re: Roll Call

2002-11-09 Thread Carlos Ramirez
Better late then never...count me in. Michael Lazzaro wrote: This message is to open the perl6-documentation list. First things first, can we get a quick roll call of who is interested in this effort, at least in abstract principle? No point in having discussions unless/until there is a cri

Recommended Reading List Updated

2000-10-24 Thread Carlos Ramirez
Hello, I just finished updating the Perl Recommended Reading list. Have a look: http://www.perldoc.com/readinglist.pl Things to Note: 1. Added Nathan's books to the list (thanks Nat) 2. Added a link to the Perl6 Mailinglists Archive (as suggested by Ask) 3. Added a 'why??' link to each book tha

Re: Reading list

2000-10-12 Thread Carlos Ramirez
The Perl Recommended Reading List has been updated with the latest entries. Suggestions/Comments welcomed. -Carlos Russ Allbery wrote: > > I'll throw in Donald Knuth, _Literate Programming_ (CSLI Lecture Notes > #27), ISBN 0-937073-80-6 (paper) or 0-937073-81-4 (cloth), if for no other > reas

Re: Reading list

2000-10-11 Thread Carlos Ramirez
Here's a listing of 'recommended reading' gathered from this list (provided by Nat). I'm not sure if this will be a permanent place for this link, but for now you can get it here. If i left out a book or if you have a new suggestion you can contact me or post it here and I will add them as soon as