I’m really excited for this. I can’t wait to read the finished version.
Here’s a little anecdote. A few months ago I saw a comment by Bob (the author of this book) on Reddit, saying that he’s currently working on a book about interpreters. That got me super excited, because I was working on my own book about interpreters! Slightly intimidated that someone, who’s already written a great book, will be releasing a book about the same topic and maybe competing with me, I contacted Bob. I told him about my book and asked him if we’re essentially writing the same book. I was unsure about keeping on working on my book, now that there’s a pro tackling the same issues and covering the same niche. His reply couldn’t have been more motivating and encouraging, even if he tried. He essentially told me that I should keep working on my book, that there’s always room for more books and that he can’t wait to read it. I still think back to that email from time to time and credit it with giving me one of the many pushes needed to finish the book.
Have you thought about making print copies of your book? I’ve been looking for an excuse to play around with Go, but I heavily favor the dead tree version. Either way, congrats on finishing it!
Yes, I plan on releasing a print version in the next couple of months. Hopefully in February. I’ll send out a message on the mailing list, as soon as I know more. The major thing that’s holding me back is creating a print-proof cover image, that has the correct size, colors, resolution, margins, etc… That’s just not my area of expertise :)
Please do! I just bought a digital copy after forgetting for a while, but I personally would be way more excited to shell out cash for something I can hold.
I was interested in this when I first saw it, then even MORE interested when I saw it was done by Bob Nystrom, who wrote a great book on Game Programming Patterns (non-affiliate: http://a.co/aki7f6M) as well as the wren programming language (https://github.com/munificent/wren). Can’t wait to dive in to it!
Until surprisingly recently, I had never once heard a Taylor Swift song. (Alas, I have two daughters, so it was inevitable that the streak would be broken.)
I fail to finish 98.417% of projects that I start.
One of the reasons I stopped working on it was that Julia came out. Julia is a hell of a lot more mature than I would have ever been able to make Magpie and it’s astonishingly similar in terms of Ruby-ish syntax + multimethods.
can’t wait for a physical book.
Its been so long since I took my compilers course at University of Waterloo – we wrote a simplified Java.
I would love to re-learn much of that knowledge again.
I’m really excited for this. I can’t wait to read the finished version.
Here’s a little anecdote. A few months ago I saw a comment by Bob (the author of this book) on Reddit, saying that he’s currently working on a book about interpreters. That got me super excited, because I was working on my own book about interpreters! Slightly intimidated that someone, who’s already written a great book, will be releasing a book about the same topic and maybe competing with me, I contacted Bob. I told him about my book and asked him if we’re essentially writing the same book. I was unsure about keeping on working on my book, now that there’s a pro tackling the same issues and covering the same niche. His reply couldn’t have been more motivating and encouraging, even if he tried. He essentially told me that I should keep working on my book, that there’s always room for more books and that he can’t wait to read it. I still think back to that email from time to time and credit it with giving me one of the many pushes needed to finish the book.
Have you thought about making print copies of your book? I’ve been looking for an excuse to play around with Go, but I heavily favor the dead tree version. Either way, congrats on finishing it!
Yes, I plan on releasing a print version in the next couple of months. Hopefully in February. I’ll send out a message on the mailing list, as soon as I know more. The major thing that’s holding me back is creating a print-proof cover image, that has the correct size, colors, resolution, margins, etc… That’s just not my area of expertise :)
Please do! I just bought a digital copy after forgetting for a while, but I personally would be way more excited to shell out cash for something I can hold.
Wow! Inspiring.
I’m learning Go myself, and this book really excites me.
I was interested in this when I first saw it, then even MORE interested when I saw it was done by Bob Nystrom, who wrote a great book on Game Programming Patterns (non-affiliate: http://a.co/aki7f6M) as well as the
wrenprogramming language (https://github.com/munificent/wren). Can’t wait to dive in to it!He’s also one of the Dart programming language maintainers.
Other little know facts about yours truly:
Until surprisingly recently, I had never once heard a Taylor Swift song. (Alas, I have two daughters, so it was inevitable that the streak would be broken.)
I fail to finish 98.417% of projects that I start.
I can juggle a pretty solid Mill’s Mess.
I’m still wistful about what
magpiecould have been ;-)One of the reasons I stopped working on it was that Julia came out. Julia is a hell of a lot more mature than I would have ever been able to make Magpie and it’s astonishingly similar in terms of Ruby-ish syntax + multimethods.
But can you do it while bouncing a ball on your head?
No. :(
Author here, though late to the party. I’d be happy to answer any questions you have.
can’t wait for a physical book. Its been so long since I took my compilers course at University of Waterloo – we wrote a simplified Java. I would love to re-learn much of that knowledge again.