So what was the source format? Markdown?
Writing an Interpreter in Go: The Paperback Edition
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#12So what was the source format? Markdown?
Yes. 5-6 markdown files, converted to epub, mobi, pdf and html with pandoc. I know there are better workflows, especially in regards to embedding code (my approach was simple copy and paste), but if there's one recommendation I can make it's this one: check out pandoc. It's an amazing tool.
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#13I'm definitely buying this. Still working my way through the PDF version, and it's just so well-written and helpful!
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#14It is becoming quite popular (or maybe it was always the case?) that someone learning some topic and at the same time writing a book about it. Interesting how it affects the quality of the content (versus books authored by persons with expertise in given topics).
I tend not to put those two "kinds" of books in same category. I read them with hope to achieve different goals. They aren't read in the same way, but I think that is normal considering those two types.
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#15Purchased an ebook copy (jfltech), while I will likely use Nim for my future toy language, this will help me immensely.
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#16Anyone can share what sort of interpreter this is? Is it a walking-AST kind of thing, or something more advanced?
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#17It is becoming quite popular (or maybe it was always the case?) that someone learning some topic and at the same time writing a book about it. Interesting how it affects the quality of the content (versus books authored by persons with expertise in given topics).
My belief is that writing about a topic that one is trying to come to grips with helps ensure they achieve the best possible learning outcomes.
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#18Anyone can share what sort of interpreter this is? Is it a walking-AST kind of thing, or something more advanced?
It's a AST walking interpreter, completely built from scratch, including the lexer, the parser, the AST and, of course, the walking/evaluation step.
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#19It is becoming quite popular (or maybe it was always the case?) that someone learning some topic and at the same time writing a book about it. Interesting how it affects the quality of the content (versus books authored by persons with expertise in given topics).
My belief is that writing about a topic that one is trying to come to grips with helps ensure they achieve the best possible learning outcomes.
The best learning outcomes for the author I believe. But I'm more interested in the prospective reader's PoV.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
My belief is that writing about a topic that one is trying to come to grips with helps ensure they achieve the best possible learning outcomes.
The best learning outcomes for the author I believe. But I'm more interested in the prospective reader's PoV.
I think it's probably both, once you know a subject well it's easy to take some of that knowledge for granted. If you have just learnt it then you probably have a little more empathy for the reader.