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(DIR) Post #9jfqXpNfHTVhi7uwuO by sajith@toot.cafe
2019-06-09T15:02:37Z
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I was websurfing https://www.oreilly.com. I remember buying books from them maybe ten years ago. There are no books on there anymore? 🤔 Do they not publish books anymore? Have they pivoted to selling auto parts?
(DIR) Post #9jfqXpeKHWq0XniFsW by sajith@toot.cafe
2019-06-09T15:05:02Z
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Where can I get a copy of this book I am looking for?
(DIR) Post #9jfqXppfbLub6z1JYm by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-09T15:08:56Z
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@sajith Erm, that's a spoof O'Reilly book, isn't it?
(DIR) Post #9jfr5uekAngBuz9vO4 by sajith@toot.cafe
2019-06-09T15:15:05Z
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@fitheach Thanks to the wonders of technology, you get to make your own O'Reilly book cover these days! In no time!https://dev.to/rly
(DIR) Post #9jfrcjiJsShXXNU0zQ by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-09T15:21:01Z
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@sajith Ahh, that's how people do it.TBH I've seen more spoof books than real ones in recent years. Like you, I haven't bought a O'Reilly book for many years.O'Reilly have a shop sub-domain for online books and videos:http://shop.oreilly.com/
(DIR) Post #9jfseIaRo14rwD6sMq by sajith@toot.cafe
2019-06-09T15:32:31Z
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@fitheach Figured by a bit of web searching. 🙂 I have always associated them with books, so I was quite surprised by the fact that there's no mention of books on their main site. I suppose that business is not very profitable anymore.
(DIR) Post #9jfss4NBRvtpuNTLG4 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-09T15:34:59Z
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@sajith Dead tree books probably aren't so profitable due to competition from the digital variety.
(DIR) Post #9jftgH3eYqy1jHHCVc by sajith@toot.cafe
2019-06-09T15:44:05Z
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@fitheach I have bought a few books of either variety, but it's been a while now. Most of my recent purchases are from Manning, Wiley, Humble Bundle book sales, and the such. By visiting their main page, you wouldn't know that they sell digital books either. I guess their Conferences and what was previously marketed as Safari provides a more sustained income.
(DIR) Post #9jhIIAUo00eIRJXT16 by rajeesh@aana.site
2019-06-10T04:55:49Z
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@sajith @fitheach Every year, there’s an array of O'Reilly books (of the dead-tree variety) displayed (and bought from) in building H at FOSDEM.I haven't bought any of their books, but I fondly remember the beautiful TheSansMono fonts used to typeset code in those (apart from the portrait of animals, of course).
(DIR) Post #9jhIIAkP417rDgpvKS by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-10T07:54:31Z
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@rajeesh @sajith Do the animals on O'Reilly books have any significance?Pythons on Python books, of course. Perl doesn't have any obvious links to any animals. However, a quick image search suggests that O'Reilly typically used camels, or other ungulates, for Perl books.Maybe because Perl gives people the hump? 😉 #Perl #Python
(DIR) Post #9jhJLMokkAI5TfxTHM by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-10T08:06:19Z
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@rajeesh @sajith From WP:"In 1991, Programming Perl, known to many Perl programmers as the "Camel Book" because of its cover..."and"At the same time, the Perl version number was bumped to 4..."Bumped 😃 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl#History
(DIR) Post #9jhT8EZT5km7g8BYFk by choroba@mastodon.social
2019-06-10T09:55:58Z
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@fitheach Another person beating Perl? Please stop.
(DIR) Post #9jhVHFhmRceBi6V8gC by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-10T10:20:03Z
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@choroba Oh, come on, lighten up. The hump comment was a joke. In over 7,000 posts I've never made a joke about Perl, before now. So, I'm not exactly making it a habit. 😃 For the avoidance of doubt: Perl is a great language.
(DIR) Post #9jhXErE2gizn7KZr8q by alephnull@octodon.social
2019-06-10T10:42:02Z
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@fitheachPerl's quirks align with my own.@choroba
(DIR) Post #9jhbf5B3pytxjZwXxo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-10T11:31:35Z
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@alephnull That is the case with many programming languages for many people. If you have a goto (sic) language it is likely it either fits with your thinking or, over time, you have adapted to it.It might be like the old adage of owners looking like their dogs.@choroba
(DIR) Post #9jhlE2L7HNsOeiOB7Y by alephnull@octodon.social
2019-06-10T13:08:44Z
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@fitheachI used to think of Python as my wife and Perl as my mistress.
(DIR) Post #9jhsGG0i7boVJUqmEy by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-10T14:37:36Z
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@alephnull I don't what that says about those programming languages, nor your marriage. 😉
(DIR) Post #9jhtdNDxZEueIidN1U by rajeesh@aana.site
2019-06-10T14:52:58Z
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@fitheach @sajith It all started with the famous “Dragon book” by Aho, Sethi and Ullman; I reckon.
(DIR) Post #9jhtu2Bt1S2pzQbnhw by kensanata@octodon.social
2019-06-10T14:55:58Z
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@fitheach Not does his wife, I’m sure.@alephnull
(DIR) Post #9jhukG9MMpzELGKVJg by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-10T15:05:24Z
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@rajeesh Ooh, not sure. O'Reilly's "Learning the vi and Vim Editors" first edition also came out in 1986, and it had a tarsier on the front cover. O'Reilly's Nutshell books were also available at this time, and possibly earlier.@sajith
(DIR) Post #9jynFUAWncWAqrZdD6 by smonff@anticapitalist.party
2019-06-18T18:31:31Z
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@fitheach @rajeesh @sajith they mostly make no sense at all. But there is worst: see Manning editor
(DIR) Post #9jyohNeKjOjqh9NctU by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-18T18:47:46Z
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@smonff What is a Manning editor?@rajeesh @sajith
(DIR) Post #9jyxa9r8W37jTY01mS by smonff@anticapitalist.party
2019-06-18T20:27:18Z
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@fitheach @rajeesh @sajith sorry, I mean « publishing house » Manning. Forgive my frenchy mouth.
(DIR) Post #9jyztiQeOnkw6z43lY by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-18T20:53:15Z
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@smonff Yeah, the covers are, in a word, quirky.@rajeesh @sajith
(DIR) Post #9jzjkrLwRiVf4fZq1w by rajeesh@aana.site
2019-06-19T05:27:04Z
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@fitheach @smonff @sajith Thanks for the pointer to Manning Publications, and... I must admit that... I _do_ like their covers!
(DIR) Post #9k0i3ChrmqsvlPPaPw by sajith@toot.cafe
2019-06-19T16:33:36Z
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@rajeesh @fitheach @smonff I have no idea about the person in this cover or what they have to do with C++ or concurrency, but I like their outfit
(DIR) Post #9k0i3Cx6sB4uWgXlB2 by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-19T16:42:41Z
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@sajith ++++ on the outfit maybe?@rajeesh @smonff
(DIR) Post #9k0j8jT5VVuCm3hPBQ by smonff@anticapitalist.party
2019-06-19T16:44:18Z
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@sajith @rajeesh @fitheach the meaning is usually explained inside the book
(DIR) Post #9k0j8jk6UFW5cpezho by smonff@anticapitalist.party
2019-06-19T16:50:06Z
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@sajith @rajeesh @fitheach quite a long explanation but I am not convinced
(DIR) Post #9k0j8jv5pOJ6Aunlpo by fitheach@mstdn.io
2019-06-19T16:54:52Z
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@smonff Yeah, written by the marketing department. 😉 @sajith @rajeesh