On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 21:41 -0700, Paulo Ney de Souza wrote:
> I have rarely seen a Reference Manual on anything printed in the last
> 10 years ...
you must have been looking in the wrong places. There ares lots of them;
just a few examples:
The Python Language Reference Manual (version 2.5)
by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr.
Paperback (6"x9"), 144 pages. Revised November 2006.
Retail Price: $19.95 (?12.95 in UK)
ISBN: 0-9541617-8-5
GNU Scientific Library Reference Manual - 2nd Edition (Paperback)
by Brian Gough (Editor)
List Price: $39.99
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.
MySQL Reference Manual by Michael Widenius, David Axmark
* $39.95 Online price
* $35.95 Member price (Barnes&Noble)
* Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
* ISBN-13: 9780596002657
Regards,
Jaime