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The only one on your list I can speak to is the black book.

I like having a copy of that around as a quick reference when I'm having a brain fart about a particular function, but it's not something I'd necessarily give someone to learn Perl. And I'd only keep it if it's the large fat copy, and not it's slimmed down cousin.

Of course it's a few years old, so that may factor in to your decision as well.

Useless trivia: In the 2004 Las Vegas phone book there are approximately 28 pages of ads for massage, but almost 200 for lawyers.

In reply to Re: Scrounged books are not always good. by Popcorn Dave
in thread Scrounged books are not always good. by Marza

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