Re: [MacPerl-AnyPerl] Syntax Question

[Richard Gordon <maccgi@bellsouth.net>]

<x-flowed>At 11:06 -0500 4/2/1999, Chris Nandor wrote:
>At 10.38 -0500 1999.04.02, Ronald J. Kimball wrote:
> >That [td] is some sort of typesetting code for 'tilde', aka '~'.
> >Apparently the typesetting codes were not properly translated
> >when the book was printed.
>
>Ack!  That's very funny (and tragic) ... what book is that, Richard?
>
>--

"MacPerl Power and Ease" by Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor. :-]



Actually, it's "Using Perl 5 for Web Programming" by David Harlan and 
others (Que, 1996). The worst part is that it is actually a pretty 
good book in terms of clarity and scope, but it is abundantly clear 
that nobody bothered to test the program listings after the galleys 
were flowed. I'm really surprised because I've got a couple of other 
Que books on various topics that were nicely done.

I noticed that the acquisitions editor says "we'd like to hear from 
you," so I may pick a bone with him about this when I get a chance. A 
few typos are one thing, but given how fussy Perl is anyway, I would 
have thought that they would have spent more time making sure that 
nothing had gotten hosed up than they did writing it to begin with.


Richard Gordon
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