Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-11-05 Thread Alan Thompson
OK, great. You may wish to add that contact info to the website or the book page at NoStarch.com Alan On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Daniel Higginbotham wrote: > Thank you :) > > For errata, you can send an email to Mackenzie Dolginow, > macken...@nostarch.com. > > Thanks! > Daniel > > On Wedn

Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-11-05 Thread Daniel Higginbotham
Thank you :) For errata, you can send an email to Mackenzie Dolginow, macken...@nostarch.com. Thanks! Daniel On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 12:06:51 AM UTC-5, Alan Thompson wrote: > > Hi Daniel - Just finished the book and think it is one of the best places > to start Clojure. > > Is there

Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-11-04 Thread Alan Thompson
The example demonstrates that your interpretation is exactly what occurs, as described in CFB&T. It is just not what I thought was happening from reading all of the other Clojure books! Alan On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:00 PM, Sean Corfield wrote: > > So, when using commute the update function is

Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-11-03 Thread Sean Corfield
So, when using commute the update function is ALWAYS run TWICE! Holey Bovine, Batman! The docs for commute say: clojure.core/commute ([ref fun & args]) Must be called in a transaction. Sets the in-transaction-value of ref to: (apply fun in-transaction-value-of-ref args) and re

Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-11-03 Thread Alan Thompson
Hey, I just verified this piece about the commute function and I couldn't believe my eyes! (defn sleep-print-update [sleep-time thread-name update-fn] (fn [state] (Thread/sleep sleep-time) (println (str thread-name ": " state)) (update-fn state))) (def counter (ref 0)) (future (do

Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-11-03 Thread Alan Thompson
Hi Daniel - Just finished the book and think it is one of the best places to start Clojure. Is there anyplace online that you are accepting errata? Thanks again, Alan On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 10:10 AM, John Gabriele wrote: > Excellent news! Looking forward to receiving my hard-copy, though have

Re: [ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-10-23 Thread John Gabriele
Excellent news! Looking forward to receiving my hard-copy, though haven't yet heard when it's shipping. On Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7:32:57 PM UTC-4, Daniel Higginbotham wrote: > > Clojure for the Brave and True is now > available in print and ebook form

[ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-10-22 Thread Alex Miller
Daniel, thanks for writing a great and fun 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

[ANN][Book] Clojure for the Brave and True published, web site updated

2015-10-22 Thread Daniel Higginbotham
Clojure for the Brave and True is now available in print and ebook form , and the web site has been updated to incorporate all the changes that went into the print book. The web site remains 100% free :) In case you'd like to know more abou