Wow! I had no idea about the daily specials mailing list. I have joined now though, so if I see a JOC special pop up I'll snatch it up.
I don't have an e-reading platform that I like, so I have only been reading > bits and pieces of either edition. I find using my laptop with ibooks and a repl to be really helpful in, because I can copy and paste to test the code, and when I have questions I can meander and see what makes things break. On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:49:50 PM UTC+9, Mars0i wrote: > > Nice to know about the 7 models book. I wasn't aware of it. I can't give > you an opinion about JoC 2nd vs. 1st ed., though. I haven't read either > thoroughly. I only got the first edition when I bought the pre-release 2nd > edition package last fall. I don't have an e-reading platform that I like, > so I have only been reading bits and pieces of either edition. I'll read > it seriously when the paper edition comes (unless I buy a tablet first). > > (Are you on the Manning Publishing daily specials mailing list? That's > how I got the pre-release package for 1/2 price, and I have seen that offer > more than once since I bought the package. It may that at this point they > won't offer any further 1/2 price deals on JoC, but if they do, you could > buy it that way.) > > On Friday, May 2, 2014 1:07:36 AM UTC-5, gamma235 wrote: >> >> Thank you Mars0i!! >> >> I have a first edition copy of JOC and really like the way it just lays >> things out for you. I am hesitating to buy the 2nd edition, though, due to >> the hefty price-tag, though I am curious about logic programming and data. >> Would you say it is worth the money? >> >> I am now reading the 7 concurrency models in 7 weeks beta version >> (recommended by Alex Ott, above) and am finding it thoroughly enjoyable. It >> masquerades as language agnostic, but the first half is virtually a Clojure >> book in the way it introduces Java's concurrency solutions (or lack >> thereof), priming you for the subsequent chapters that go into Clojure's >> primitives, core.async, and even Clojurescript. There is a chapter on >> actors, using Elixir, and then the latter half gets more general talking >> about how concurrency relates to big data and Hadoop, using Java. In >> general, I think all of the information is pertinent for a Clojure >> programmer who wants to become more well-rounded on the subject. >> >> J >> >> On Friday, May 2, 2014 1:07:00 PM UTC+9, Mars0i wrote: >>> >>> On Monday, April 28, 2014 9:42:06 AM UTC-5, gamma235 wrote: >>>> >>>> I heard that Joy of Clojure would be adding a lot in the 2nd edition, >>>> including a section on core.logic; is core.async also on that list? >>>> >>> >>> I bought the pre-release + final release *Joy of Clojure* 2nd ed. >>> package, so I have the v10 prerelease version. This seems to be the final >>> version before the regular release. I did a search through the v10 pdf, >>> and found no instances of "core.async", and the string "async" appeared >>> only in the word "asynchronous". By contrast, there are indeed many >>> instances of "core.logic". >>> >>> The eBook version is supposed to come out in mid-May, and the print and >>> other electronic versions some time after that. The last email that I got >>> says that the book "is now in production where it will get a thorough >>> polishing before publication." So it sounds as if the authors and >>> publisher are only fixing typos and doing other small changes at this >>> point, and that core.async will not be discussed in the book. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
