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[I am the author] Last year I put out this book as a free open text, and posted about it on HackerNews. I was asked, often when the book would be out in physi
by SeanLuke 16y ago
[I am the author]
Last year I put out this book as a free open text, and posted about it on HackerNews. I was asked, often when the book would be out in physical form.
Now that it's available on Amazon officially (and also Lulu), I guess I can announce it. Thanks to everyone for all your feedback, corrections, and updates so far.
In case you're wondering what a metaheuristic is: it's the buzzword for stochastic optimization methods such as genetic algorithms, ant colony optimization, simulated annealing, and so on.
- kenneth_reitz 16y agoCongratulations Sean! I look forward to reading it. P.S. I took your CS 101 in '07 :)
- chasingsparks 16y agoI'm also at GMU in the CSS program. I skimmed the PDF after it was recommended by Max or Rob -- I can't remember. Now that I can just buy it in physical form, it's in my Amazon queue. P.S. To people on HN. Sean has a pretty nice LISP tutorial. I've actually recommended it to friends to get them using LISP quickly. http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~sean/lisp/LispTutorial.html http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~sean/lisp/LispTutorial.html
- unwantedLetters 16y agoI think your "Or if you are without honor" line was very intriguing. That is the simplest way of getting your book, and to me (and I imagine most people) is almost impossible to use because of the language you have used. The point of this post was to request you to post numbers. How many of those that downloaded a free copy, downloaded it after filling the form, and how many did so "without honor"?