MacPerl: Power and Ease

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MacPerl: Power and Ease
is a mixed-media (book/CD-ROM) distribution of MacPerl
by Vicki Brown and Chris Nandor

published in May 1998 by Prime Time Freeware (www.ptf.com).
ISBN 1-881957-32-2
Suggested retail price, US$40
Order from DevDepot

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Take a Look!

Take a look at our overview.

Read the customer reviews at Amazon.com (4.5 stars average; 5 of 7 reviewers really like the book and gave it 5 stars.)

We've also posted some of the nice comments we've received!

And... we've decided to make an HTML version of the book available online! This means that you can "try before you buy"... or... not. Think of it as Shareware... for a book!

Note: A large part of our inspiration for publishing draft chapters and the resulting book comes from The Cathedral and the Bazaar, a seminal paper by Eric Raymond.

Buy the book

MacPerl: Power and Ease is available for purchase from Dev Depot.

A Japanese version of the book, published by ASCII Books, is also available.

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Acknowledgements

As we worked on the book, we solicited the assistance of the MacPerl community in making it the best product we could create. Our thanks and acknowledgements go to our many reviewers and other helpers.

Errata

None of us is perfect. if you find something in the book or disc that isn't right, please check our Errata page first; if that doesn't address the problem, please send us a note at mp-feedback@ptf.com.

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