I doubt that you could go so far as to say that anything at all is “not a current or major concern for ‘most Perlmonks,’ ” because that is a sweeping generalization and unfit as a reference to this professional community. By that I mean, “it simply doesn’t fit.” Here you will find people who earn their daily bread by writing and maintaining computer programs ... and by managing sometimes-large teams of people who do so. These are, by and large, deeply-seasoned pros, who might have been doing this for more than a quarter-century (and counting), and who regularly use dozens of languages in addition to Perl. Opinions expressed here are often very sharp and strong, but they are also deep and considered. And the subject-matter tends to be very focused upon Perl, as it should be. I rarely see any book-reviews here, and I don’t look for them here.
Ever since the first drop of code went over the first Waterfall, many books have been written (and many videos and seminars have been sold) which promise to contain The Silver Bullet™ but I have yet to see it. In my experience, they usually amount to some good ideas, taken too far and sold too extremely, but: “good ideas, nonetheless.” I no longer get excited about any of them. But those are merely my personal opinions and prejudices, and nothing more.
