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  • Thanks for the informative review, good sir - it reinforced my impression-gleaned-elsewhere that Perl Medic [perlmedic.com] belongs in my library (and brain).

    That 'elsewhere' also mentioned Perl Debugged [perldebugged.com] as a somewhat similar/related good book to have.   Your thoughts?   Possibilities of your reviewing it in the foreseeable future?
      cheers,
      ybiC

    • Yep, Perl Debugged is also a very good book. It's starting to look like Peter Scott's name should be seen as an indicator of a book that is well worth reading.

      It's a real shame that Perl Debugged seemed to go largely unnoticed when it was published. I think that's at least partly to do with the (mistaken) idea that only O'Reilly publish decent Perl books (of course I'm a bit biased!)

      I'm unlikely to get round to reviewing it tho' as I have so many recent(ish) books in my "books for review" pile that I won'
      • It's a real shame that Perl Debugged seemed to go largely unnoticed when it was published.

        Yes, I thought it was rather nice too.

        One possible reason why it may have been overlooked - I've come across a few people who confused it with the similarly titled but (IMHO) really rather bad "Debugging Perl" by Martin Brown (basically just a rehash of Perl's POD).

        I didn't realise Perl Debugged was out of print. Sad.

        • I've come across a few people who confused it with the similarly titled but (IMHO) really rather bad "Debugging Perl" by Martin Brown

          /me admits to doing that.

          It's the only Martin Brown book I own :(

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