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Congrats! Can't wait to get my hands on a copy.
I mention you on page 566. :)
Well if I wasn't sold before... ha! <3
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#32I 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.
How difficult was it to make this in a different language than the one used on the book?
Readers have ported the code in the book to many languages already:
https://github.com/munificent/craftinginterpreters/wiki/Lox-...
That means it's either not too hard to do yourself, or at the very least you can use their ports as a reference as you work through the book.
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#33Author 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...
It’s good work, congratulations.
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#34Bob Nystrom's writing is easily the most enjoyable technical writing I've come across. He has the same precision and humour that Scott Meyers brings to C++, but then with even more humor and far more interesting subject matter. I found his blog on my phone in the middle of the night one night, and enjoyably read hours of it instead of sleeping.
Keep writing, Bob!
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#35I 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.
How difficult was it to make this in a different language than the one used on the book?
Pretty easy, it uses Java and C and didn't use any "exclusive features" of them
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> 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.
Thank you for buying a copy. If you prefer to try out the EPUB file to see if that's better, email me and I can hook you up.
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#37Author 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...
Hi Bob! Congratulations on shipping the book! This book has been a life saver during the pandemic, not only the world situation but I personally was a bit disappointed with my career. I was inspired by one of your posts where you mention that you were writing every single day for four years. I decided to use the same approach and I started reading the book and coding a bit every single day. I was able to finish it co…
> I was inspired by one of your posts where you mention that you were writing every single day for four years.
Yes! It is the dumbest, weirdest life hack, but it seems to work for perfectionists like us.
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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!?
It should sort itself out soon, I hope.
I'm rather hoping you will sell out your print run, actually. :)
But to pile in with everybody else, congratulations!
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#40Author 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...
Congratulations. Really enjoy your blog as well, I think I've read every post about programming languages. I've cited them a lot too.