digitalmars.D.announce - "Programming in D" ebook is available for purchase
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (8/8) Oct 28 2015 Although the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a
- Joakim (2/10) Oct 28 2015 Do you have a bitcoin address I can use instead?
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (3/4) Oct 28 2015 Sorry, I am way behind on that topic. :)
- Joakim (7/10) Oct 29 2015 After seeing others ask about bitcoin on the reddit thread and
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (8/9) Oct 29 2015 I really appreciate it but... I am embarrassed to reveal that I don't
- Joakim (16/25) Oct 30 2015 I can understand not wanting to be on any of those social
- Steven Schveighoffer (4/11) Nov 10 2015 Begging the question, why not trade your bitcoin for dollars and buy it
- Joakim (22/38) Nov 20 2015 Simple, we're already invested in bitcoin: why waste money
- Steven Schveighoffer (20/36) Nov 23 2015 One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one
- Joakim (17/30) Nov 23 2015 Sure, online is much less of a hassle, but it's still a little
- Laeeth Isharc (15/45) Nov 24 2015 Regimes vary in how they accommodate some kinds of financial
- deadalnix (19/33) Nov 24 2015 Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman
- Rory McGuire via Digitalmars-d-announce (5/40) Nov 24 2015 :D anyone could accept donations to Ali on his behalf and then send him
- John Colvin (12/48) Nov 25 2015 I'm not 100% convinced by Krugman in many cases, but I'd say
- deadalnix (5/18) Nov 25 2015 That's a false dichotomy. I'm certainly not confident in my
- John Colvin (5/23) Nov 25 2015 Don't agree it's a false dichotomy, but as far as your opinion of
- Namal (4/15) Nov 11 2015 So is there a way to buy the book on paper besides amazon? Not
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (72/75) Nov 11 2015 Yes! I haven't announced it here yet but it's on the book's page:
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (4/6) Nov 11 2015 Searching for it without the dashes gives more results:
- Namal (2/6) Nov 11 2015 Yes, just ordered it from german amazon for EUR 30,50.
- Namal (4/4) Nov 14 2015 The book was delivered today! The size is similar to the C++
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (9/12) Nov 14 2015 That's not good. :( I have a few copies here with me, which were shipped...
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (8/9) Nov 14 2015 Correction: They are non-returnable in general, depending on where they
- Andrei Alexandrescu (4/12) Oct 28 2015 Ali is holding an impromptu AMA on reddit:
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (5/7) Oct 28 2015 Could someone please answer the following question at that link: "How
- Andrei Alexandrescu (3/19) Oct 28 2015 Approval rate is a monster at 97%. I've rarely seen such a high
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (7/28) Oct 28 2015 I can't believe this! I mad the book purchasable as pay-what-you-want
- cym13 (9/11) Oct 28 2015 It's a bit late now but I like what Cory Doctorow (a writter who
- =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (5/16) Oct 28 2015 Interesting. That is almost the same as what I said to someone who
- Dylan Allbee (8/34) Oct 28 2015 I really appreciate all of the work you've put into this book.
Although the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version. The ebook versions are now available at Gumroad: https://gum.co/PinD The price is the very affordable $0+ ;) and you can pay with credit card number or through PayPal. Ali [1] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/
Oct 28 2015
On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 08:01:29 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:Although the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version. The ebook versions are now available at Gumroad: https://gum.co/PinD The price is the very affordable $0+ ;) and you can pay with credit card number or through PayPal. Ali [1] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/Do you have a bitcoin address I can use instead?
Oct 28 2015
On 10/28/2015 02:32 AM, Joakim wrote:Do you have a bitcoin address I can use instead?Sorry, I am way behind on that topic. :) Ali
Oct 28 2015
On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 14:47:00 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:On 10/28/2015 02:32 AM, Joakim wrote:After seeing others ask about bitcoin on the reddit thread and your answers, I'm not sure you realize this, but it's very easy to set up a bitcoin address to receive donations. Just go to a website like Coinbase, Xapo, or Circle and sign up and they'll give you a bitcoin address you can post on your website. You don't need to run a bitcoin client yourself to accept bitcoin.Do you have a bitcoin address I can use instead?Sorry, I am way behind on that topic. :)
Oct 29 2015
On 10/29/2015 08:59 PM, Joakim wrote:it's very easy to set up a bitcoin address to receive donationsI really appreciate it but... I am embarrassed to reveal that I don't want to have bitcoins. :) I can't explain this rationally; perhaps I was bitten by a coin in the dark when I was a young child; I don't know... The feeling is very similar to my not wanting to be on LinkedIn, Facebook, and other similar things. :) Sorry... :) Ali
Oct 29 2015
On Friday, 30 October 2015 at 06:29:42 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:On 10/29/2015 08:59 PM, Joakim wrote:I can understand not wanting to be on any of those social networks: I have never joined a social network, including twitter, and don't read, let alone register with, any of the link-sharing sites, like reddit, with the rare exception of a D-related link in the forum. If a blog or forum requires a facebook/google/twitter login, anything more than an email address, I don't comment. I resisted joining github till I had to in order to contribute to D. But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, perhaps you have _some_ explanation? You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all those sites will buy your bitcoin with dollars anytime you want. It's just an open way to trade value- in your case, just another payment/donation method- I don't see the issue. If it required setting up a bunch of software, sure, but those websites make it easy to set up, as they run the client for you.it's very easy to set up a bitcoin address to receivedonations I really appreciate it but... I am embarrassed to reveal that I don't want to have bitcoins. :) I can't explain this rationally; perhaps I was bitten by a coin in the dark when I was a young child; I don't know... The feeling is very similar to my not wanting to be on LinkedIn, Facebook, and other similar things. :)
Oct 30 2015
On 10/30/15 3:29 AM, Joakim wrote:But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, perhaps you have _some_ explanation? You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all those sites will buy your bitcoin with dollars anytime you want. It's just an open way to trade value- in your case, just another payment/donation method- I don't see the issue. If it required setting up a bunch of software, sure, but those websites make it easy to set up, as they run the client for you.Begging the question, why not trade your bitcoin for dollars and buy it using those? -Steve
Nov 10 2015
On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 17:23:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:On 10/30/15 3:29 AM, Joakim wrote:Simple, we're already invested in bitcoin: why waste money changing payment methods again, especially since it would be so easy for him to accept this new payment method? Also, perhaps you're not aware but the fees on bitcoin are much lower than dollar transactions (most of the time, as there are a few low-cost dollar options like direct dwolla transfers if both are on the same payment network), so even if he ultimately wants dollars, it would be much cheaper to send him bitcoin and then he can sell it for dollars anytime he wants. However, I don't know about the others, but for me personally the fees are not the biggest reason. It's just that I'd like to try using bitcoin for such payments, as I believe such distributed crypto-currencies are the future, and surprisingly Ali is now the second person to refuse a bitcoin payment from me. I was able to pay my email host using bitcoin, but the other guy who refused cited some vague security/ponzi concerns. I find it strange that people would refuse a donation because they don't like the currency used, even though it can be easily resold in an extremely liquid market, but, oh well, if they don't want my money, their loss. :)But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, perhaps you have _some_ explanation? You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all those sites will buy your bitcoin with dollars anytime you want. It's just an open way to trade value- in your case, just another payment/donation method- I don't see the issue. If it required setting up a bunch of software, sure, but those websites make it easy to set up, as they run the client for you.Begging the question, why not trade your bitcoin for dollars and buy it using those?
Nov 20 2015
On 11/21/15 2:06 AM, Joakim wrote:On Tuesday, 10 November 2015 at 17:23:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that is valuable but that you cannot understand. For example, if I told you that the phrase "jump in the fire" was valuable, and that you could accept it for payment, you would be hesitant to accept it I would imagine. Even if I explained that there were complicated algorithms behind it, and that some web sites would exchange this phrase for cash. Even if several experts and online articles explained how this is so. I know bitcoin has real math and genius behind it, and this is a silly example, but for those who do not understand how it actually works (including myself), it seems very similar in nature. Dollars (or whatever local currency you use) are understandable, and generally accepted at places where I shop. It's easy to see how one cannot duplicate them without evidence of doing so (the fundamental characteristic of currency). Online bits don't seem so uncopyable. -SteveOn 10/30/15 3:29 AM, Joakim wrote:Simple, we're already invested in bitcoin: why waste money changing payment methods again, especially since it would be so easy for him to accept this new payment method?But I don't see how bitcoin is similar to any of those, perhaps you have _some_ explanation? You don't have to keep the bitcoin, all those sites will buy your bitcoin with dollars anytime you want. It's just an open way to trade value- in your case, just another payment/donation method- I don't see the issue. If it required setting up a bunch of software, sure, but those websites make it easy to set up, as they run the client for you.Begging the question, why not trade your bitcoin for dollars and buy it using those?
Nov 23 2015
On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store.Sure, online is much less of a hassle, but it's still a little time to sign up and administer. Is that much of Ali's time worth spending for at least three donations, likely more? I bet it would be.I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that is valuable but that you cannot understand.--snip--I know bitcoin has real math and genius behind it, and this is a silly example, but for those who do not understand how it actually works (including myself), it seems very similar in nature. Dollars (or whatever local currency you use) are understandable, and generally accepted at places where I shop. It's easy to see how one cannot duplicate them without evidence of doing so (the fundamental characteristic of currency). Online bits don't seem so uncopyable.I'm by no means steeped in the tech, but it's pretty straightforward to understand the broad strokes. It's just a giant distributed ledger with some crypto to keep it secure and hashing to avoid double-counting, ie the duplication you're worried about. But ultimately that doesn't really matter, as almost nobody knows how Dollars or other local currencies are created or what makes them tough to copy either. ;) All that matters for a currency is that many buyers and sellers will accept it, or at least exchange it quickly and easily for your currency of choice, and bitcoin certainly passes that bar.
Nov 23 2015
On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 14:02:30 UTC, Joakim wrote:On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:Regimes vary in how they accommodate some kinds of financial innovation. If you're dealing with dollars anyway, that's one thing, but quite another if you have to figure out the peculiar local tax treatment (which may well not yet be determinate or written down anywhere). Plus in some places it might invite unwelcome scrutiny. So I agree that bitcoin is a very interesting technology, and this may be the real world application of an idea that goes back to the 90s of the new monetary economics (a book by cowen and kroszner), where the unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value functions of money become unbundled. But its use unreasonable to expect people to behave in an optimising manner in every part of their lives, particularly when tax and regulation (and uncertainty surrounding them) get in the way.One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store.Sure, online is much less of a hassle, but it's still a little time to sign up and administer. Is that much of Ali's time worth spending for at least three donations, likely more? I bet it would be.I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that is valuable but that you cannot understand.--snip--I know bitcoin has real math and genius behind it, and this is a silly example, but for those who do not understand how it actually works (including myself), it seems very similar in nature. Dollars (or whatever local currency you use) are understandable, and generally accepted at places where I shop. It's easy to see how one cannot duplicate them without evidence of doing so (the fundamental characteristic of currency). Online bits don't seem so uncopyable.I'm by no means steeped in the tech, but it's pretty straightforward to understand the broad strokes. It's just a giant distributed ledger with some crypto to keep it secure and hashing to avoid double-counting, ie the duplication you're worried about. But ultimately that doesn't really matter, as almost nobody knows how Dollars or other local currencies are created or what makes them tough to copy either. ;) All that matters for a currency is that many buyers and sellers will accept it, or at least exchange it quickly and easily for your currency of choice, and bitcoin certainly passes that bar.
Nov 24 2015
On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that is valuable but that you cannot understand.Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman think that terrorism and riots are good, that the internet will never work and that there was no bubble in 2008, so I think is it fairly secure to ignore him. Many other economist have model that explain bitcoin's value.I know bitcoin has real math and genius behind it, and this is a silly example, but for those who do not understand how it actually works (including myself), it seems very similar in nature. Dollars (or whatever local currency you use) are understandable, and generally accepted at places where I shop. It's easy to see how one cannot duplicate them without evidence of doing so (the fundamental characteristic of currency). Online bits don't seem so uncopyable. -SteveMost people to not understand fractional reserve, bond emission, or how credit card works. I think that's ok. Back to the point, one of the value of bitcoin is to be able to transfer money internationally easily and for cheap. People that do have USD to spend on digital mars do not care. People abroad do care. Now I don't expect that accepting bitcoin will create a giant wave of donation, but, if anything, it is always good PR and not complicated. There is also no reason to refuse a donation or to make it more complex to do a donation. Andrei, Walter, if you need help to navigate the bitcoin ecosystem, you can reach me, I can help.
Nov 24 2015
On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 4:33 AM, deadalnix via Digitalmars-d-announce < digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com> wrote:On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote::D anyone could accept donations to Ali on his behalf and then send him dollars whenever it reaches a certain value. Does the D Foundation have a bitcoin address?One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that is valuable but that you cannot understand.Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman think that terrorism and riots are good, that the internet will never work and that there was no bubble in 2008, so I think is it fairly secure to ignore him. Many other economist have model that explain bitcoin's value. I know bitcoin has real math and genius behind it, and this is a sillyexample, but for those who do not understand how it actually works (including myself), it seems very similar in nature. Dollars (or whatever local currency you use) are understandable, and generally accepted at places where I shop. It's easy to see how one cannot duplicate them without evidence of doing so (the fundamental characteristic of currency). Online bits don't seem so uncopyable. -SteveMost people to not understand fractional reserve, bond emission, or how credit card works. I think that's ok. Back to the point, one of the value of bitcoin is to be able to transfer money internationally easily and for cheap. People that do have USD to spend on digital mars do not care. People abroad do care. Now I don't expect that accepting bitcoin will create a giant wave of donation, but, if anything, it is always good PR and not complicated. There is also no reason to refuse a donation or to make it more complex to do a donation. Andrei, Walter, if you need help to navigate the bitcoin ecosystem, you can reach me, I can help.
Nov 24 2015
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 02:33:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote:On Monday, 23 November 2015 at 12:11:36 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:I'm not 100% convinced by Krugman in many cases, but I'd say you'd have to be pretty confident in your own economics knowledge and intellect to dismiss him entirely, considering his standing among his - almost by definition also very knowledgable and intelligent - peers.One could ask the same thing about any currency that isn't the one accepted at a store. I looked with a tinge of fascination at what bitcoin was a while ago. I think there is a natural averse reaction to something that is valuable but that you cannot understand.Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman think that terrorism and riots are good, that the internet will never work and that there was no bubble in 2008, so I think is it fairly secure to ignore him.Many other economist have model that explain bitcoin's value.I think a lot of the nonsense in the public discourse on economics and associated policy can be attributed to the speaker not understanding these basic systems, or the target audience not understanding. Most people don't even know what a bank really is, but they sure do hate them...I know bitcoin has real math and genius behind it, and this is a silly example, but for those who do not understand how it actually works (including myself), it seems very similar in nature. Dollars (or whatever local currency you use) are understandable, and generally accepted at places where I shop. It's easy to see how one cannot duplicate them without evidence of doing so (the fundamental characteristic of currency). Online bits don't seem so uncopyable. -SteveMost people to not understand fractional reserve, bond emission, or how credit card works. I think that's ok.Back to the point, one of the value of bitcoin is to be able to transfer money internationally easily and for cheap. People that do have USD to spend on digital mars do not care. People abroad do care. Now I don't expect that accepting bitcoin will create a giant wave of donation, but, if anything, it is always good PR and not complicated. There is also no reason to refuse a donation or to make it more complex to do a donation. Andrei, Walter, if you need help to navigate the bitcoin ecosystem, you can reach me, I can help.I agree, bitcoin would be a good donation mechanism to support.
Nov 25 2015
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 09:20:53 UTC, John Colvin wrote:On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 02:33:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote:That's a false dichotomy. I'm certainly not confident in my economics. But I'm confident that betting against Krugman is way safer than the reverse.Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman think that terrorism and riots are good, that the internet will never work and that there was no bubble in 2008, so I think is it fairly secure to ignore him.I'm not 100% convinced by Krugman in many cases, but I'd say you'd have to be pretty confident in your own economics knowledge and intellect to dismiss him entirely, considering his standing among his - almost by definition also very knowledgable and intelligent - peers.My offer still holds.Andrei, Walter, if you need help to navigate the bitcoin ecosystem, you can reach me, I can help.I agree, bitcoin would be a good donation mechanism to support.
Nov 25 2015
On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 20:10:37 UTC, deadalnix wrote:On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 09:20:53 UTC, John Colvin wrote:Don't agree it's a false dichotomy, but as far as your opinion of Krugman goes, fair enough; it's not one I share, but in a discipline as difficult and loose as economics it can be reasonable to disagree.On Wednesday, 25 November 2015 at 02:33:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote:That's a false dichotomy. I'm certainly not confident in my economics. But I'm confident that betting against Krugman is way safer than the reverse.Don't be confused. Krugman do not understand bitcoin, but Krugman think that terrorism and riots are good, that the internet will never work and that there was no bubble in 2008, so I think is it fairly secure to ignore him.I'm not 100% convinced by Krugman in many cases, but I'd say you'd have to be pretty confident in your own economics knowledge and intellect to dismiss him entirely, considering his standing among his - almost by definition also very knowledgable and intelligent - peers.
Nov 25 2015
On Friday, 30 October 2015 at 06:29:42 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:On 10/29/2015 08:59 PM, Joakim wrote:So is there a way to buy the book on paper besides amazon? Not that I don't like amazon it is just that there are always problems ordering from outside the EU due to customs duties.it's very easy to set up a bitcoin address to receivedonations I really appreciate it but... I am embarrassed to reveal that I don't want to have bitcoins. :) I can't explain this rationally; perhaps I was bitten by a coin in the dark when I was a young child; I don't know... The feeling is very similar to my not wanting to be on LinkedIn, Facebook, and other similar things. :) Sorry... :) Ali
Nov 11 2015
On 11/11/2015 07:34 AM, Namal wrote:So is there a way to buy the book on paper besides amazon?Yes! I haven't announced it here yet but it's on the book's page: http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/ tl;dr: Search for ISBN 978-0-692-52957-7, which should be available conveniently at most places. Better yet, ask your local bookstore to order it for you. Long version: Note: All of the following are a part of my presentation at Silicon Valley ACCU tonight (November 11, 2015): http://www.meetup.com/SFBay-Association-of-C-C-Users/events/225125586/ I will be happy to meet other D people there! ;) Confusingly, this book is now among those that have two ISBNs. :( CreateSpace (an Amazon affiliate) ISBN is 978-1515074601. Unfortunately, it has almost zero chance of being sold at local bookstores because local bookstores don't like their business practices. Here are actual comments from a local bookstore: "unable to carry your book in our store because your book is published under an imprint of Amazon. CreateSpace is part of Amazon." "It is our company policy not to carry stock for titles that Amazon has published as they are our competitors and we do not agree with their business practices." "your book is available from Ingram as not returnable & with a short % for us" Enter Ingram... Ingram is one of the largest book distributors that is well respected by book retailers. Ingram appears in the last excerpt above because, as I understand it, Ingram distributes any published book, self-published or not. (That's how the CreateSpace book is available to local bookstores, who will not carry it.) So, I went all the trouble of getting the book published by Ingram's self-publishing platform as well. The following ISBN is already on internet search results: IngramSpark ISBN: 978-0-692-52957-7 If you can, please ask your local bookstores for that book or order it through them. You will not pay for customs or shipping and if the bookstore decides to stock it, more people will have a chance of running into it on the book aisles. The catch: This book now has two list prices: $31.50 for the CreateSpace one, and $37.73 for the IngramSpark one. (These are US prices; the price varies at other countries.) Publishing at IngramSpark is more costly both because they charge more and because the author has to set a sizable wholesale discount for the book to have a chance of being sold at local stores. I had set the CreateSpace price to the very low $28.50 initially, but now I increased it so that the two ISBNs are at least in the thirties. Having said all that about the price, most people can find the book for around $25.Not that I don't like amazon it is just that there are always problems ordering from outside the EU due to customs duties.Actually, there shouldn't be a problem if you order it even in Europe because as I understand it, CreateSpace has two other printing houses: one in UK and one in somewhere in Central Europe. (Don't quote me on that! This is just a "feeling".) I feel very bad for putting CreateSpace's name on this thread saying "they pay most royalty to the author". Unfortunately, it can be very inconvenient as well: You have to create an account with them, shipping times can be very long, shipping cost can be more than zero (what some Amazon members pay), etc. Additionally, as you say, a reader told me that they had to pay a huge customs fee because they just wanted me to get more royalty. (And we're talking $12 versus $6 royalty. Nobody can retire with that difference. :p) And here is an update about the ebooks: I was able to embed the fonts in the EPUb and AZW3 versions. I will make the new versions available soon after fixing content problems: An expert emailed me saying that I've been spreading the misconception of categorizing languages as interpreted versus compiled. I am changing that part. Also, I will make sure that I make it clear that signed arithmetic behavior is undefined behavior. I love publishing in the 21th century! :) I make a correction and everything gets updated almost immediately: the online version, the ebooks, and even the print version! (The print version needs a couple of days to be verified by a human. That's all.) Ali
Nov 11 2015
On 11/11/2015 11:43 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:tl;dr: Search for ISBN 978-0-692-52957-7Searching for it without the dashes gives more results: 9780692529577 Ali
Nov 11 2015
On Wednesday, 11 November 2015 at 19:43:53 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:Actually, there shouldn't be a problem if you order it even in Europe because as I understand it, CreateSpace has two other printing houses: one in UK and one in somewhere in Central Europe. (Don't quote me on that! This is just a "feeling".)Yes, just ordered it from german amazon for EUR 30,50.
Nov 11 2015
The book was delivered today! The size is similar to the C++ Primer. But I don't like the quality of the cover. Looks like they have used a blunt blade to cut it and there are damages at the adges.
Nov 14 2015
On 11/14/2015 03:41 AM, Namal wrote:The book was delivered today! The size is similar to the C++ Primer. But I don't like the quality of the cover. Looks like they have used a blunt blade to cut it and there are damages at the adges.That's not good. :( I have a few copies here with me, which were shipped from Ontario, California. They have pristine covers. However, of the fifty copies that I've personally seen so far, one was trimmed unacceptable crooked. (I don't know where that one was printed.) Print-on-demand books are non-returnable. However, if the product is defective I would hope that Amazon will replace it. If not, I'll give a more recent printing to you in Berlin at DConf 2016. ;) Ali
Nov 14 2015
On 11/14/2015 07:28 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:Print-on-demand books are non-returnable.Correction: They are non-returnable in general, depending on where they were printed. The other ISBN of this particular book is still print-on-demand but it is returnable just like any other book: Printed by IngramSpark ISBN: 9780692529577 Ali
Nov 14 2015
On 10/28/2015 04:01 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:Although the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version. The ebook versions are now available at Gumroad: https://gum.co/PinD The price is the very affordable $0+ ;) and you can pay with credit card number or through PayPal. Ali [1] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/Ali is holding an impromptu AMA on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3qk8fz/programming_in_d_ebook_available_starting_at_001/ Andrei
Oct 28 2015
On 10/28/2015 07:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Ali is holding an impromptu AMA on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3qk8fz/programming_in_d_ebook_available_starting_at_001/Could someone please answer the following question at that link: "How well would you say D would stand up against C/C++ for coding a OpenGL & physics game engine?" Ali
Oct 28 2015
On 10/28/2015 10:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:On 10/28/2015 04:01 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:Approval rate is a monster at 97%. I've rarely seen such a high percentage on /r/programming. Congratulations! -- AndreiAlthough the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version. The ebook versions are now available at Gumroad: https://gum.co/PinD The price is the very affordable $0+ ;) and you can pay with credit card number or through PayPal. Ali [1] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/Ali is holding an impromptu AMA on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3qk8fz/programming_in_d_ebook_available_starting_at_001/
Oct 28 2015
On 10/28/2015 11:29 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:On 10/28/2015 10:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:I can't believe this! I mad the book purchasable as pay-what-you-want about 10 hours ago and I've already received $99.99! That is already higher than the amount that the paper book sales brought since the beginning of this month. I will retire next week... :p Thank you everyone! :) AliOn 10/28/2015 04:01 AM, Ali Çehreli wrote:Approval rate is a monster at 97%. I've rarely seen such a high percentage on /r/programming. Congratulations! -- AndreiAlthough the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version. The ebook versions are now available at Gumroad: https://gum.co/PinD The price is the very affordable $0+ ;) and you can pay with credit card number or through PayPal. Ali [1] http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/Ali is holding an impromptu AMA on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3qk8fz/programming_in_d_ebook_available_starting_at_001/
Oct 28 2015
On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 08:01:29 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:Although the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version.It's a bit late now but I like what Cory Doctorow (a writter who publishes mainly books under Creative Common license) does: the epub/pdf version is free but if you want to participate without buying the paper version you can buy a book that will be given to a library (of your choice if you express one) instead. This allows participation as well as diffusion. As this is not a book of fiction it may be suited to fewer libraries but I still think this is a concept worth sharing.
Oct 28 2015
On 10/28/2015 11:46 AM, cym13 wrote:On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 08:01:29 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:Interesting. That is almost the same as what I said to someone who wanted to contribute but did not want the paper book. I said "buy the paper book and give it to someone you know." :) AliAlthough the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version.It's a bit late now but I like what Cory Doctorow (a writter who publishes mainly books under Creative Common license) does: the epub/pdf version is free but if you want to participate without buying the paper version you can buy a book that will be given to a library (of your choice if you express one) instead. This allows participation as well as diffusion. As this is not a book of fiction it may be suited to fewer libraries but I still think this is a concept worth sharing.
Oct 28 2015
On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 18:51:04 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:On 10/28/2015 11:46 AM, cym13 wrote:I really appreciate all of the work you've put into this book. It's been an immense help to myself and several friends both with learning the language and learning programming in general. It's typically the first book I recommend new students of programming to read. Hope you get most of the cut from the ebook - Enjoy the donation. I only wish I could give more at the moment.On Wednesday, 28 October 2015 at 08:01:29 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:Interesting. That is almost the same as what I said to someone who wanted to contribute but did not want the paper book. I said "buy the paper book and give it to someone you know." :) AliAlthough the book will always be free[1], many of you have expressed a need to pay without having to buy the paper version.It's a bit late now but I like what Cory Doctorow (a writter who publishes mainly books under Creative Common license) does: the epub/pdf version is free but if you want to participate without buying the paper version you can buy a book that will be given to a library (of your choice if you express one) instead. This allows participation as well as diffusion. As this is not a book of fiction it may be suited to fewer libraries but I still think this is a concept worth sharing.
Oct 28 2015