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The Perl Journal Returns Online

posted by pudge on 2002.09.11 20:59   

CMP, owners of The Perl Journal, have brought the journal back, in the form of an online monthly magazine, in PDF form. The subscription rate is $12 a year. They need 3,000 subscriptions to move forward (no word if existing subscriptions will be honored, or included in the 3,000). Read the site for more details.

I think some of the more interesting notes are that it will include "a healthy dose of opinion", as well a broadening of coverage including languages other than Perl (will this mean a name change?) and platforms other than Unix (I'd always thought one of TPJ's strengths was that it covered a wide variety of platforms).

• Ding! And in this corner ... (Score:1)

  by mshiltonj (1055)

  The Perl Journal [tpj.com]
  
  vs.

  The Perl Review [theperlreview.com]
  
  

  ... I know, I know -- They aren't competing against each other.
  
• TPJ vs. TPR (Score:2, Interesting)

  by barryp (2829)

  It's interesting that The Perl Journal is moving from a print mag to PDF, while - at the same time - brian d foy is trying to move The Perl Review from PDF to a print mag ... PDF's are fine, but there's something about getting a Perl mag in the mail!
  • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:2, Interesting)

    by brian_d_foy (44)

    Maybe I should offer the same deal. If 3000 people give me $12 dollars, I'll make 4 print issues in the next year. It's completely doable---I think we've figure out putting a magazine together by now :)
    • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

      by pennsnet (3464)

      Sign me up!
    • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

      by ken (2730)

      the new TPJ will be monthly
    • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

      by mshiltonj (1055)

      If 3000 people give me $12 dollars
      
      You only need 2999 now.
      
      You might want to consider having your paypal donation link(s) have a $12 option hardcoded, in addition to the $2 link now. I had to do the whole thing manually to send you $12. No big deal, but...
      
      Just a thought. Good luck!
    • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

      by sth_2 (2921)

      How should we sign up?...through the "Pay Pal"?
      • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

        by brian_d_foy (44)

        I've added a way to subscribe on the web site [theperlreview.com]. Thanks :)
    • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

      by sergio (259)

      Brian,
      
      I thought that the PDF publication route was brilliant. XP publishing that works.
      
      Why take a step backwards and produce a
      print version with all the troubles and loss that
      it entails?
      
      Maybe a HTML online version would be a better idea.
      Or even producing each article in its oen separated PDF file (Maybe). That is who the developerworks site from IBM works wich is not too bad.
      
      Why kill more trees than what is necessary?
      
      Content is the key, not the transport!
      
      Sergio

      --
      I can't believe it's anything but Perl!
      • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

        by brian_d_foy (44)

        I would produce a print version if people wanted it. Content is not key - readers are. Content makes no difference if nobody reads it. A lot of people have asked for a print version. A lot places around the world do not have easy access to the internet, and some that do don't have fast access.
        
        I still read print magazines because I can take them places I wouldn't take a computer, or I can read them between 0 and 10,000 feet on an airplane, or on the subway, or other places. A lot of people have told me
    • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

      by jordan (120)

      I think they are ambitious to expect 3000 subscriptions.
      

      With so much good information available elsewhere, I'm undecided whether I'll subscribe or not.
      • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

        by brian_d_foy (44)

        There is a lot of good information elsewhere, and I hope to be able to add to that information through TPR. Although we reproduced a few existing things to get going, we have been adding new things and giving more people a chance to express themselves. We've published a lot of first-time writers who probably wouldn't make it onto Perl.com, for instance.
        
        We're trying to hit topics that other people haven't explored. One hole in the Perl literature is how it plays with other tools. We've published article
  • Re:TPJ vs. TPR (Score:1)

    by sth_2 (2921)

    .. PDF's are fine, but there's something about getting a Perl mag in the mail! ..Amen!
• harumph (Score:2)

  by jhi (318)

  > as well a broadening of coverage including languages other than Perl (will this mean a name change?) and platforms other than Unix (I'd always thought one of TPJ's strengths was that it covered a wide variety of platforms).
  
  You all know that this means "not enough Java/.Net and not enough Windows".
  
  • Re:harumph (Score:1)

    by pudge (1)

    Shudder. ;-) But I can't see how they thought TPJ didn't cover Windows enough, unless they want half the magazine to cover Windows ... aieeeeeee!
    
    I do expect to see articles on Mac OS X, though, so that's a good thing.
    
  • Re:harumph (Score:2, Funny)

    by Elian (119)

    Nah, it just means we've assimilated them into the Parrot collective. I expect we'll see articles on Scheme, Forth, and Befunge-93 in it soon. :)
• Fell out of my chair laughing (Score:1)

  by clintp (2)

  "a healthy dose of opinion"

  Like there's any shortage of *that* around here.

  I'd site threads in p6i, p6l, use perl, perlmonks, usenet, perl blogs, and p5p but there isn't nearly enough room...
  • Re:Fell out of my chair laughing (Score:1)

    by chromatic (983)

    Maybe they mean a healthier level of opinion. That, of course, would be less than found anywhere else. :)