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Chapter 24:

Books, Etc.

Some books are to be tasted,
others are to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested;
that is, some books are to be read only in parts;
others to be read but not curiously;
and some few to be read wholly,
and with diligence and attention.
Some books also may be read by deputy,
and extracts made of them by others.

- Francis Bacon

The following listings are sorted into rough categories. Please be aware,
however, that no such categorization scheme is perfect. Within the topical
categories, the entries are coded and sorted by type, as:

Internet:

I:E
I:F
I:U
I:W

Email list
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) archive
Usenet group
WWW (World Wide Web) site

Publications:

P:B
P:B,C
P:B,F
P:C
P:M

Book
Book with one or more CD-ROMs
Book with one or more Floppy Disks
One or more CD-ROMs
Magazine

Within each type (e.g., Internet), the entries are alphanumerically sorted.

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Note: We have placed flagged (>) comments below some of these resource
entries. Although the absence of such a comment does not imply a negative
evaluation, the presence of a flag generally indicates a very positive one...

General

Prime Time Freeware for UNIX
Prime Time Freeware

P:B,C

Proceedings of the First Conference on Freely
Redistributable Software
Free Software Foundation
FSF, 1996, ISBN 1-882114-47-7

P:B

The File Formats Handbook
Günter Born
Thomson Computer Press, 1995, ISBN 1-85032-117-5

P:B

The New Hacker's Dictionary, 3rd. Ed.
Eric S. Raymond
MIT Press, 1996, ISBN 0-262-68092-0

P:B

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Combines accurate definitions with delightful folklore

The UNIX Programming Environment
Brian W. Kernighan, Rob Pike
Prentice Hall, 1984, ISBN 0-13-937681-X

P:B

UNIX Review

P:M

http://www.unixreview.com/

UNIX Review
Miller Freeman
411 Borel Ave., #100
San Mateo, CA 94402 USA

+1 800 829-5475 (US only)
+1 904 445-4662
+1 904 446-2774 (fax)

UniForum
http://www.uniforum.org/

I:W

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UnixWorld online
http://www.wcmh.com/uworld/

I:W

USENIX
http://www.usenix.org/

I:W

Languages

Perl

comp.lang.perl.announce
comp.lang.perl.misc
comp.lang.perl.modules

I:U

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Very active discussion groups

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/

I:W

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The definitive online archive of Perl sources, etc.

Perl Language page
http://language.perl.com/

I:W

Perl Reference page
http://reference.perl.com/

I:W

The Perl Institute
http://www.perl.org/

I:W

The Perl Institute
2850 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., #62
Beaverton, OR 97005-1354 USA

Advanced Perl Programming
Sriram Srinivasan
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-220-4

P:B

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A wonderful book; covers many of the esoteric areas left blank
by Programming Perl

Cross-Platform Perl
Eric F. Johnson
M&T, 1996, ISBN 1-55851-483-X

P:B,C

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Unix and Windows only

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Discover Perl 5
Naba Barkakati
IDG, 1997, ISBN 0-7645-3076-3

P:B,C

Effective Perl Programming:
Joseph N. Hall, Randal L. Schwartz
Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN 0-201-41975-0

P:B

Learning Perl,2nd Ed.
Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Christiansen
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-284-0

P:B

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An excellent introductory work for readers who already know
how to program in an algebraic language.

Learning Perl on Win32 Systems
Randal L. Schwartz, et al
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-324-3

P:B

Perl:
The Programmer's Companion
Nigel Chapman
Wiley, 1997, ISBN 0-471-97563-X

P:B

Perl 5 by Example
David Medinets
Que, 1996, ISBN 0-7897-0866-3

P:B

Perl 5 Complete
Edward S. Peschko, et al
McGraw-Hill, 1998, ISBN 0-07-913698-2

P:B

Perl 5 Desktop Reference
Johan Vromans
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-187-9

P:B,C

Perl 5 for Dummies
Paul Hoffman, Kathy Ivens
IDG, 1997, ISBN 0-7645-0044-9

P:B,C

Perl 5 How-To:
The Definitive Perl Programming Problem-Solver,2nd Ed.
Steven Asbury, et al
Waite Group, 1997, ISBN 1-57169-118-9

P:B,C

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Perl 5 Interactive Course
Jon Orwant
Waite Group, 1996, ISBN 1-57169-064-6

P:B,C

Perl 5 Quick Reference
Mícheál ÓFoghlú
Que, 1996, ISBN 0-7897-0888-4

P:B,C

Perl by Example
Ellie Quigley
Prentice Hall, 1994, ISBN 0-13-122839-0

P:B

Perl Resource Kit:
Unix Edition
assorted authors (see below for details)
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-370-7

P:B,C

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A stunning collection: four books and a disc; all on Perl! Includes:
Perl Module Reference, Vols. 1 & 2 (Ellen Siever, David Futato)
Perl Utilities Guide (Brian Jepson)
Programming with Perl Modules (Nate Patwardhan, Clay Irving)

Programming Perl, 2nd Ed.
Larry Wall, et al
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-149-6

P:B

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Thereference book on Perl; readable, definitive, and quirky

Software Engineering With Perl:
Toolsmithing for Better Software - Sooner
Carl Dichter, Mark Pease
Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN 0-13-016965-X

P:B,F

Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 Days,2nd Ed.
David Till
Sams, 1996, ISBN 0-672-30894-0

P:B,C

Teach Yourself Perl 5 for Windows NT in 21 Days
Tony Zhang, David Till
Sams, 1997, ISBN 0-672-31047-3

P:B,C

The Perl 5 Programmer's Reference
R. Allen Wyke, Luke Duncan
Ventana, 1997, ISBN 1-56604-750-1

P:B,C

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The Perl Journal

P:M

http://tpj.com
perl-journal-subscriptions@perl.com

The Perl Journal
P.O. Box 54
Boston, MA 02101 USA

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Carries many informative articles on the philosophy and
application of Perl

AppleScript, Frontier

AppleScript Finder Guide:
English Dialect
Apple Computer
Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-40736-1

P:B

AppleScript Language Guide
Apple Computer
Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-40735-3

P:B

AppleScript Scripting Additions Guide
Apple Computer
Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-40910-0

P:B

Applied Mac Scripting
Tom Trinko
MIS Press, 1995, ISBN 1-55828-330-7

P:B,C

Danny Goodman's AppleScript Handbook,2nd Ed.
Danny Goodman
Random House, 1994, ISBN 0-679-7580602

P:B,F

Miscellaneous

The AWK Programming Language
Alfred V. Aho, et al
Addison-Wesley, 1988, ISBN 0-201-07981-X

P:B

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Readable and definitive

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Mastering Regular Expressions
Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-257-3

P:B

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Comprehensible, practical, and authoritative

Effective Awk Programming, 2nd Ed.
Arnold D. Robbins
SSC, 1997, ISBN 1-57831-000-8

P:B

PostScript by Example
Henry McGilton, Mary Campione
Addison-Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-63228-4

P:B

Programming Python
Mark Lutz
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-197-6

P:B,C

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Python is an interesting alternative to Perl. It is a powerful,
interpreted, algebraic language.

sed & awk
Dale Dougherty
O'Reilly, 1990, ISBN 0-937175-59-5

P:B

The GNU Awk User's Guide
Arnold D. Robbins
FSF, 1996, ISBN 1-882114-26-4

P:B

UNIX Power Tools,2nd Ed.
Jerry Peek, et al.
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-260-3

P:B

Programming

ftp://dev.apple.com/devworld
/Technical_Documentation/Inside_Macintosh/

I:F

http://devworld.apple.com/dev/insidemac.shtml
http://devworld.apple.com

I:W

Applying RCS and SCCS:
From Source Control to Project Control
Don Bolinger, Tan Bronson

P:B

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O'Reilly, 1995, ISBN 1-56592-117-8

Frontier:
The Definitive Guide
Matt Neuburg
O'Reilly, 1998, ISBN 1-56592-383-9

P:B

Inside Macintosh/CD-ROM
Apple Computer
Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 2-201-40674-8

P:C

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This is a gold mine of technical information on the Mac OS,
Macintosh hardware, etc. You can even "try before you buy",
using one of the online sources listed above.

Introduction to MPW
Apple Developer Press, 1995, ISBN 030-4057-B

P:B

MacTech Magazine
http://www.mactech.com

P:M

Metrowerks
http://www.metrowerks.com

I:W

MPW Command Reference
Apple Developer Press, 1993, ISBN 030-4058-A

P:B

Programmer's Guide to MPW:, Vol. 1
Exploring the Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
Mark Andrews
Addison-Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-57011-4

P:B

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Out of print

Programmer's Guide to MPW:, Vol. 2
Masteringthe Macintosh Programmer's Workshop
Mark Andrews, Neil Rhodes
Addison-Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-57012-2

P:B

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Out of print

The Official BBEdit Book
Bob LeVitus, Natanya Pitts
Ziff Davis, 1997, ISBN 1-56276-505-1

P:B,C

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The Wiz Biz
Rick Cook
Baen Books, 1997, ISBN 0-671-87846-8

P:B

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"Q: How does a shanghaied computer geek conquer all the forces of
darkness and win the love of the most beautiful witch in the world?
A: By transforming himself from a demon programmer into a
programmer of demons!"

Networks, Etc.

Internet

DNS & BIND
Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu
O'Reilly, 1992, ISBN 1-56592-010-4

P:B

Getting Connected:
The Internet at 56K and Up
Kevin Dowd
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-154-2

P:B

Managing Internet Information Services:
World Wide Web, Gopher, FTP, and more
Cricket Liu, et al
O'Reilly, 1994, ISBN 1-56592-062-7

P:B

NetProfessional:
Macintosh Solutions for the Internet

P:M

http://www.netprolive.com
subscribe@netprolive.com

NetProfessional Magazine
612 Howard St., 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Providing Internet Services Via the Mac OS
Carl Steadman, et al
Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-48998-8

P:B,C

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TCP/IP Network Administration
Craig Hunt
O'Reilly, 1992, ISBN 0-937175-82-X

P:B

World Wide Web

WebServer Magazine OnLine
http://webserver.cpg.com

I:W

60 Minute Guide to CGI Programming With Perl 5
Pobert Farrell
IDG, 1996, ISBN 1-56884-780-7

P:B

CGI Developer's Guide
Eugene Eric Kim
Sams, 1996, ISBN 1-57521-087-8

P:B,C

CGI Developer's Resource:
Web Programming in Tcl and Perl
J. M. Ivler, Kamran Husain
Prentice Hall, 1997, ISBN 0-13-727751-2

P:B,C

CGI for Commerce:
A Complete Web-Based Selling Solution
Gunther Biznieks, Selena Sol
M&T, 1997, ISBN 1-55851-559-3

P:B,C

The CGI /Perl Cookbook
Craig Patchett, Matthew Wright
Wiley, 1997, ISBN 0-471-16896-3

P:B,C

CGI Programming in C & Perl
Thomas Boutell
Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-42219-0

P:B,C

CGI Programming on the World Wide Web
Shishir Gundavaram
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-168-2

P:B

Creating Cool Web Pages With Perl
Jerry Muelver
IDG, 1996, ISBN 0-7645-3018-6

P:B,C

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Developing CGI Applications With Perl
John Deep, Peter Holfelder
Wiley, 1996, ISBN 0-471-14158-5

P:B

How to Program CGI With Perl 5.0
Stephen Lines
Ziff Davis, 1997, ISBN 1-56276-460-8

P:B,C

How to Set Up and Maintain a World Wide Web Site, 2nd Ed.
Lincoln D. Stein
Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-201-63389-2

P:B

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A truly excellent book; wish we'd had it years ago!

HTML:
The Definitive Guide, 2nd Ed.
Chuck Musciano, Bill Kennedy
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-235-2

P:B

Information Architecture forthe World Wide Web
Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
O'Reilly, 1998, ISBN 1-56592-282-4

P:B

Instant Web Scripts With CGI Perl
Selena Sol, Gunther Biznieks
M&T, 1996, ISBN 1-55851-490-2

P:B,C

Introduction to CGI/Perl:
Getting Started With Web Scripts
Steven E. Brenner, Edwin Aoki
M&T, 1996, ISBN 1-55851-478-3

P:B

Special Edition Using Perl 5 forWeb Programming
David Harlan, et al
Que, 1996, ISBN 0-7897-0659-8

P:B

Web Client Programming with Perl
Clinton Wong
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-214-X

P:B

Perl CGI Programming:
No Experience Required
Erik Strom

P:B

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Perl & CGI Programming Starter Kit
Simon & Schuster, 1996, ISBN 1-57521-078-9

P:B,C

Planning and Managing Web Sites On The Macintosh:
The Complete Guide to WebSTAR and MacHTTP
Jon Wiederspan, Chuck Shotton
Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-47957-5

P:B,C

Webmaster in a Nutshell
Stephen Spainhour, Valerie Quercia
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-229-8
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-305-7 (deluxe)

P:B

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A very useful book for web site administrators; Chris says it's
the most valuable book a Webmaster could have! The deluxe
version contains several ORA books on CD-ROM.

Webmaster Macintosh:
How to Build Your Own World Wide Web Server
Without Really Trying,2e
Bob LeVitus, Jeff Evans
Academic Press, 1997, ISBN 0-12-445602-2

P:B,C

Teach Yourself CGI Programming With Perl 5 in a Week
Eric Herrmann
Sams, 1996, ISBN 1-57521-196-3

P:B,C

Web Programming Secrets with HTML, CGI, and Perl
Ed Tittel, et al
IDG, 1996, ISBN 1-56884-848-X

P:B,F

Web Server Technology:P:B
The Advanced Guide for World Wide Web Information Providers
Nancy J. Yeager, Robert E. McGrath
Morgan Kaufmann, 1996, ISBN 1-55860-376-X

World Wide Web Journal
World Wide Web Consortium
O'Reilly

P:M

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Security & Privacy

Actually Useful Internet Security Techniques
Larry J. Hughes, Jr.
New Riders, 1996, ISBN 1-56205-508-9

P:B

Applied Cryptography:
Protocols, Algorithms, and Source Code in C, 2nd ed.
Bruce Schneier
Wiley, 1996, ISBN 0-471-11709-9

P:B

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The book the NSA really wishes you wouldn't buy.

Bandits on the Information Superhighway
Daniel J. Barrett
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-156-9

P:B

Building Internet Firewalls
D. Brent Chapman, Elizabeth D. Zwicky
O'Reilly, 1995, ISBN 1-56592-124-0

P:B

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authoritative and readable

Computer Crime:
A Crimefighter's Handbook
David Icove, et al
O'Reilly, 1995, ISBN 1-56592-086-4

P:B

Computer Security Basics
Deborah Russell, G.T. Gangemi, Sr.
O'Reilly, 1991, ISBN 0-937175-71-4

P:B

Computers Under Attack:
Intruders, Worms, and Viruses
Peter J. Denning, Ed.
Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISB650-0

P:B

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An excellent collection of readable, insightful, and
authoritative papers

Pretty Good Privacy
Simson Garfinkel
O'Reilly, 1994, ISBN 1-56592-098-8

P:B

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Internet Cryptography
Richard E. Smith
Addison-Wesley, 1997, ISBN 0-201-92480-3

P:B

Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 2nd ed.
Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-148-8

P:B

The Electronic Privacy Papers:
Documents on the Battle for Privacy
in the Age of Surveillance
Bruce Schneier, David Banisar
O'Reilly, 1996, ISBN 1-56592-148-8

P:B

Web Security & Commerce
Simson Garfinkel, Gene Spafford
O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1-56592-269-7

P:B

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