Re: MacPerl book list was Re: [MacPerl] installation (newbie)

[Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>]

At 2:06 PM +0900 1/11/00, robinmcf@altern.org wrote:
>For beginners to intermediate levels:
>  "MacPerl Power and Ease" co-authored by our very own list mom Viki and
>Rich Morin  - pure Mac, pure perl

Well, the official co-authors are Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor,
though I did have a hand in the editing and wrote a few chapters.

Anyway, for information on the MacPerl book, including a version
which is viewable online, see:

   http://www.macperl.com/ptf_book

And, for those with a tolerance for hype, here's a PR rundown....

MacPerl (Perl 5 for the Macintosh)

   Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor have finished "MacPerl: Power and Ease",
   PTF's book/CD product on MacPerl.  The product has been shipping since
   mid-May and the initial reports are very positive.  With the help of
   Matthias Neeracher and our reviewers on the MacPerl list, we seem to
   have produced a first-rate book!

   * MacPerl: Power and Ease
     Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor
     Prime Time Freeware, 1998        Suggested Retail Price: $40
     ISBN 1-881957-32-2               400 pp., paper; HFS format CD-ROM

   The PTF MacPerl CD-ROM (Version 1.0) ships with the book.  To build it,
   we started with the "Perl Developer's Kit" (2nd. edition), from ADVICE
   Press, added lots of handy Macintosh utilities, then indexed and Macin-
   tized the results.

   The disc, IMHO, is really pretty cool.  Most of the CPAN (Comprehensive
   Perl Archive Network) has been unpacked and indexed, letting you browse
   modules (for instance) by author name (first and/or last), category, or
   module name.  There is also a set of HTMLized POD text for modules, tons
   of other documentation, lots of useful Macintosh utilities, the latest
   versions of MacPerl (5.1.9r4 and 5.2.0r4), and many other goodies.
--
Rich Morin:          rdm@cfcl.com, +1 650-873-7841, http://www.ptf.com/~rdm
Prime Time Freeware: info@ptf.com, +1 408-433-9662, http://www.ptf.com
MacPerl: http://www.macperl.com,       http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MPPE
MkLinux: http://www.mklinux.apple.com, http://www.ptf.com/ptf/products/MKLP

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