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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Alan Burlison wrote: > Shlomi Fish wrote: > > > Actually, let's assume for the moment that my friend can learn the > > _basics_ of Perl from "Perl for Perl Newbies" or from "Beginning Perl" > > which are both available online. In any case, he also needs a good > > reference to consult with to cover the _whole_ of Perl. > > > > "Programming Perl" is such a good reference. However, it is not available > > online for him to make use of. I can lend him my copy, but so far he > > wanted to have a copy all of his own. And he found the man pages very hard > > to understand. > > http://safari.oreilly.com/ > Is it a gratis service? No. Is: http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.2/ a gratis service? Yes! Check: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/free-doc.html And Perl is mentioned there speicifically. Regards, Shlomi Fish ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish shlomif@vipe.technion.ac.il Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ An apple a day will keep a doctor away. Two apples a day will keep two doctors away. Falk Fish