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From: inc@tc.fluke.COM (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: It's a Boy, er, Girl, er uh, Book!!!
Message-ID: <1991Jan15.212058.29053@tc.fluke.COM>
Date: 15 Jan 91 21:20:58 GMT
References: <1991Jan3.193349.5072@iwarp.intel.com>
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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In article <1991Jan3.193349.5072@iwarp.intel.com> merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>OK, so this is what you've been waiting for.  I just got authorization
>from OR&A to post this.  One brief announcement, then we'll go back to
>posting obscure Perl code.
>
>The Book is officially at the printers, so it's a happenin' thing.
>
>If you ordered a book, and want it autographed by me (silly thought),
>send it to:
>
>	Stonehenge Consulting Services
>	attn: Randal
>	4470 SW Hall Blvd, Suite 107
>	Beaverton, OR 97005
>
>$Old_MacDonald = q#print #; $had_a_farm = (q-q:Just another Perl hacker,:-);
>s/^/q[Sing it, boys and girls...],$Old_MacDonald.$had_a_farm/eieio;
>-- 
>/=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\

...not such a silly thought at all. After reading this, I wondered if I
enclosed $few++ and an appropriate mailing label, if you'd forward it to
Larry for his autograph, too? I have placed an order with our corporate
librarian for 3 copies for our department and a fourth personal copy that I
had intended to send for autographs anyway. It would be very meaningful to
me to have an autographed copy, and I suspect for many others, too.

Maybe the distributors could even offer autographed copies for a $$few++/ee
or something.

Wishing GREAT SUCCESS to both Larry and Randal on their publication!

-- 
Gary Benson    -=[ S M I L E R ]=-   -_-_-_-inc@fluke.com_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-

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