... take theircraft too seriously. The seven sections of this book are a grab bag: 41 of the best articles from The Perl Journal, plus 6 extra articles compiledespecially for this book. Together, they ... provide glimpses into the aestheticsof Perl. The articles touch on music, art, style, conversation,and the lifestyle of the lazy, impatient, and hubristic, in whichappliances do the programmer’s ... sometimes sparked more reader mail than the magazine content. The lack of visuals inside the magazinemade the external appearance of the magazine all the moreimportant, and I’m indebted to...