Re: learning perl 3rd vs 4th
[email protected] (brian d foy)
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In article <[email protected]>, (Randal L. Schwartz) <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Lee <[email protected]> writes: > > Richard> I was going to order 5th version in june but does anyone in here know > Richard> the different between 3rd and 4th version? Is there a big > Richard> difference? > > As I recall, the big changes between 3rd and 4th were to finally acknowledge > the existance of the alpaca book, Ah, I forgot to mention that. One of the goals of the 4th edition was to create the Llama trilogy (Llama, Alpaca, and Vicuna) and give people more pointers where to find out more about a subject we merely mentioned. There were a lot of foward references.