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Re: Re: Perl 6 Essentialsby Anonymous Monk |
on Jun 27, 2003 at 19:40 UTC ( [id://269713]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I personally think this is an excellent idea. It provides insight (directly or indirectly) into the development process and it gives us a taste of what's to come. O'Reilly and the authors should be commended for this. Publishing an internals book isn't going to make them much money, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if they lost money on it. What it does do is make the subject more accessible to others while creating additional interest in the development of a great project. I'm not sure what your objection to this is. Do you really think it's just a money grab? If so, you need a serious economics lesson. Perhaps you think the development direction will change and the book will become obselete? Maybe, but so what? People will have learned from it. That knowledge will exist long past any trend in programming. Which reminds me of a quote from 'Adding a Dimension' by Isaac Asimov: A number of years ago, when I was a freshly appointed instructor, I met, for the first time, a certain eminent historian of science. At the time I could only regard him with tolerant condescension. Come to think of it, maybe the quote isn't all that relevant; but I like it nonetheless. Now I've forgot my point again, so I'll just end by saying, hats off to Allison Randal, Dan Sugalski, and Leopold Tötsch for writing the book and to O'Reilly for publishing it. Have a nice day :)
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