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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Wanna help us write The Book?
Message-ID: <8888@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 26 Jul 90 18:06:18 GMT
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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We are approaching the point at which we need to make the final decisions
on which examples to include in The Book.  If you have any short,
illustrative Perl scripts, or some favorite idiom that you think might
be good to include, zing them off to either Randal or me ASAP.  If you
have some script that you published earlier but have since improved,
feel free to send in a revised copy, especially if it got shorter.  Best
would be small things in the 5-50 line range, though we'll have a few
longer examples.  In particular, examples that stress the use of some
particular feature are welcome.

We can't guarantee to use everything you send, but we'll try our best to
acknowledge our sources for the things we do use.  We probably can't use
anything copyrighted, unfortunately.

Also welcome are any questions you feel the book should answer that the
manual page doesn't (or doesn't answer very well).  Even just ideas for
words to put in the Glossary.  We want to know where you get tripped up.

Larry