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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:54:56 -0800
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From: "Jesse, Rich" <Rich.Jesse@qtiworld.com>
Subject: RE: Isnumeric question
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Crap.  I guess I'll have to read another Perl book to continue writing Perl
programs.

And just when it was going so well...

Rich

Rich Jesse                           System/Database Administrator
rjesse@qtiworld.com                  Quad/Tech Inc, Sussex, WI USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mladen@wangtrading.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 1:20 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Isnumeric question
> 
> 
> Because my new company is using python and I think I'll have 
> to learn it
> sooner or later.
> What is more, there seems to be growing confusion with 
> versions on Windows
> operating
> systems. ActiveState is lagging behind with DBI/DBD drivers 
> and it was a
> problem to get
> it all working.
> What is more, Perl 6 is in the making, to be launched early 
> next year. Do
> you remember 
> transition from the perl4 -> perl5 and from "oraperl" (perl 4.36) -->
> DBI/DBD? If I have
> to re-read all the books just to keep my knowledge, it will be a huge
> investment. There are
> many things that are not mentioned in "Learning Perl" and 
> without which perl
> is practically
> unusable. I'm talking about the references, objects, perlpod, 
> "anonymous
> subroutines", "arrays 
> of references" and alike. For example \($a,$b,$c,$d) 
> =(\$a,\$b,\$c,\$d)
> while [$a,$b,$c,$d] 
> is a reference to array. In order for perl to be useful, one must read
> "Learning Perl" + at
> least one other book about Perl & OO, and, of course, have "Perl
> Programming" at the shelf,
> whe he needs to find an appropriate built-in variable. Re-learning and
> re-purchasing my 3rd 
> set of books is going to be quite expensive. Tim O'Reilly 
> will probably
> surpass Jeff Bezos on
> the Forbes list when that happens. BTW, are Tim O'Reilly and 
> Bill O'Reilly
> related in any way, 
> shape or form?
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