Perl 6 Essentials?

Sean O'Rourke

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May 22, 2003, 12:12:29 PM5/22/03

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I just noticed this:

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perl6es/

June? Really? Leo being dragged away from the code to help write it?
Yikes!

/s

Dan Sugalski

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May 22, 2003, 12:19:40 PM5/22/03

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At 9:12 AM -0700 5/22/03, Sean O'Rourke wrote:
>I just noticed this:
>
>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perl6es/
>
>June? Really?

Really. Gotta be done for OSCON and YAPC::EU. (Maybe even YAPC::NA,
though I haven't seen the schedule yet)

Before the cascade starts, that cover is *not* the final one. Almost
the final one, but not quite, as you'll notice Leo's name is missing
in the image. That's being fixed in production now.

>Leo being dragged away from the code to help write it?
>Yikes!

Already dragged away. He's back now. :)
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Melvin Smith

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May 22, 2003, 12:44:37 PM5/22/03

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At 12:19 PM 5/22/2003 -0400, Dan Sugalski wrote:
>At 9:12 AM -0700 5/22/03, Sean O'Rourke wrote:
>>I just noticed this:
>>
>>http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perl6es/
>>
>>June? Really?
>
>Really. Gotta be done for OSCON and YAPC::EU. (Maybe even YAPC::NA, though
>I haven't seen the schedule yet)
>
>Before the cascade starts, that cover is *not* the final one. Almost the
>final one, but not quite, as you'll notice Leo's name is missing in the
>image. That's being fixed in production now.
>
>>Leo being dragged away from the code to help write it?
>>Yikes!
>
>Already dragged away. He's back now. :)

Should be interesting reading. I'm a bit (a lot) disappointed that the rest
of the
core team didn't get a chance to have a contribution, or at least review it.

-Melvin

Randal L. Schwartz

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May 22, 2003, 9:38:26 PM5/22/03

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I was a tech reviewer for this book... and I found it quite an
interesting read.
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Dan Sugalski

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May 22, 2003, 10:02:00 PM5/22/03

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Sorry about that. This was a communication issue and some oversight
rather than anything intentional. Allison was the prime mover on the
book, with Leo and I brought in later, so she was primary contact
with the editorial staff. I didn't even think about grabbing tech
reviewers, as other folks were handling that end of things.

I can't make any promises yet, but let me see what I can do once this
thing's hit paper.

Robert Spier

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May 23, 2003, 2:09:01 PM5/23/03

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> I can't make any promises yet, but let me see what I can do once this
> thing's hit paper.

And since everything we know about Perl6 and Parrot is likely[1] to
change within six months, there's always "2nd Edition".

-R

Footnotes:
[1] No, I have no information, but just look at history.