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Crafting Interpreters is available in print

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Re: Crafting Interpreters is available in print

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Post by acj »

munificent wrote: post #2

Author here! It feels amazing to have this done and live. I'm happy to talk about whatever you might want to know about it. If you're curious how the sausage was made, I wrote a blog post about taking the web book and bringing it to print and ebook here: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2021/07/29/640-pages-in-15...

Congrats, Bob, and thanks for all of your time and effort. I enjoyed the illustration videos that you included in the earlier blog post [1] (under "Illustrating by Hand"). That post landed at a time when many of us were badly stressed, and I remember it being very soothing.

[1] https://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2020/04/05/crafting-craft...

Re: Crafting Interpreters is available in print

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Post by mtlynch »

munificent wrote: post #2

Author here! It feels amazing to have this done and live. I'm happy to talk about whatever you might want to know about it. If you're curious how the sausage was made, I wrote a blog post about taking the web book and bringing it to print and ebook here: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2021/07/29/640-pages-in-15...

Congrats on the print version, Bob! I appreciate you taking the time to share everything you've learned about the writing and publishing process.

I look forward to reading this!

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Post by m0meni »

munificent wrote: post #7
m0meni wrote: post #5

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Congrats! Been following you for a while and just finished the blog post...what a huge effort and meticulous attention to detail. I can't wait to buy the book so I can continue to procrastinate reading the full thing in print instead of on my computer monitor

Personally, I find that I procrastinate so much more effectively in print than on a screen. Being able to hold the material in my hands... and yet still failing to actually do so, really makes a difference.

There's nothing like walking around and seeing the constant, physical, and, in the case of this book, beautiful reminder that you're not doing what you want to do.

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Post by rednab »

munificent wrote: post #2

Author here! It feels amazing to have this done and live. I'm happy to talk about whatever you might want to know about it. If you're curious how the sausage was made, I wrote a blog post about taking the web book and bringing it to print and ebook here: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2021/07/29/640-pages-in-15...

That's going to look awesome next to my copy of Game Programming Patterns! ... What do you mean "Temporarily Out Of Stock", amazon.co.uk!?

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Post by knuthsat »

I just finished the first part of the book (building the intepreter, but I did it in typed Python).

The book sent me back to the college days where I remember doing similar things.

Can't wait to start working on the bytecode virtual machine.

It's really an excellent book.

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Post by rgrmrts »

munificent wrote: post #2

Author here! It feels amazing to have this done and live. I'm happy to talk about whatever you might want to know about it. If you're curious how the sausage was made, I wrote a blog post about taking the web book and bringing it to print and ebook here: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2021/07/29/640-pages-in-15...

Woohoo, congrats Bob! I’ll be picking up a copy (is there a difference in your cut for Amazon vs Barnes & Noble?) and am excited to work through it. I’ve been referencing the web version here and there but waited on working through it entirely til I had a physical copy :D

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Post by macintux »

munificent wrote: post #2

Author here! It feels amazing to have this done and live. I'm happy to talk about whatever you might want to know about it. If you're curious how the sausage was made, I wrote a blog post about taking the web book and bringing it to print and ebook here: http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2021/07/29/640-pages-in-15...

Ordered, thanks. Regrettably I have read fewer than 1% of the books I’ve ever bought, but this one has a much better chance than most.

Congratulations on finally putting this project to rest.

Re: Crafting Interpreters is available in print

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Post by mwcampbell »

munificent wrote: post #10
mwcampbell wrote: post #6

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Congratulations on completing this long journey. I just bought a copy, mostly to reward your effort, but also to satisfy my curiosity on an aspect of how the PDF sausage was made. I notice that the PDF version of the book doesn't include the semantic tags required for accessibility. Now, please don't take this as a criticism; I know that people (like me) who use a screen reader or other accessibility tool can go with…

> I just bought a copy, mostly to reward your effort Thank you! > did you consciously decide to turn off tagged PDF I did not. I did export an interactive PDF from InDesign and took care to make sure that the table of contents and internal links work, but I have zero experience in PDF accessibility. I'll take a look into it and see what I can figure out.

> I have zero experience in PDF accessibility.

You and 99% of people who have ever produced a PDF file, I would guess. Which is why I wish InDesign would do the right thing by default. No big deal for this book since it's available in other formats, and I don't regret purchasing the PDF, but so many other books and documents are made available only as PDF.

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