Udates to "Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials"

[a...@ippimail.com]

Have there been any significant changes since the 2nd. edition of "Perl 6
and Parrot Essentials"?

If so, where should I look for a summary?

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[Agent Zhang]

On 9/19/06, a...@ippimail.com <a...@ippimail.com> wrote:
>
> Have there been any significant changes since the 2nd. edition of "Perl 6
> and Parrot Essentials"?
>
> If so, where should I look for a summary?
>

Yes, there have. That book is completely out of date. Please check out
http://perlcabal.org/syn for the latest Synopses and other helpful
documentation there.

Cheers,

Agent

[Michael Snoyman]

I just recently got interested in Perl 6 (within the past two months), and I
found that reading the book was a good kick-start. Sure, lots of stuff has
changed, but many of the general ideas still seem to hold true.

Michael

[Aaron Sherman]

Michael Snoyman wrote:
> I just recently got interested in Perl 6 (within the past two
> months), and I found that reading the book was a good kick-start.
> Sure, lots of stuff has changed, but many of the general ideas still
> seem to hold true.

Yes, the book is still an OK primer on the high-level concepts, it just
needs to be made clear that on both the Parrot and Perl sides, it's
quite a bit out of date. Even the names have changed in some cases (e.g.
IMCC is now known as PIR).

[Michael Snoyman]

On 9/19/06, Aaron Sherman <a...@ajs.com> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, the book is still an OK primer on the high-level concepts, it just
> needs to be made clear that on both the Parrot and Perl sides, it's
> quite a bit out of date. Even the names have changed in some cases (e.g.
> IMCC is now known as PIR).
>

Not to nitpick, but second addition *does* mention the switch from IMCC to
PIR ;)

Michael

[Sam Vilain]

Having just read the second edition, I think "completely out of date" is
a bit harsh. I think the best plan is to make sure as you go along that
all of the code snippets work as expected; as when you would when
normally working through a text, ie take the examples, run them, play
with them, etc in order to understand them. There is always this list
to ask when you get stuck.

I actually think that as far as compact, easy to read summaries of Perl
6 go, this book is a treasure.

Sam.