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Mark Tarver seems to have interesting ideas but produce interesting things with no market, no user base, no community, no tooling, no libraries, no ebooks,no en
by michaelmrose 4y ago
Mark Tarver seems to have interesting ideas but produce interesting things with no market, no user base, no community, no tooling, no libraries, no ebooks,no entry level book at all because the sole book is his weighty tome at $120 because his tools are commercial products completing with free.
If it were considerably better it would still be a considerably worse choice for all the reasons above. It's a case study in what not to do.
Incidentally you should keep your contempt to yourself.
- terrens 4y agoIn fact, Tarver's book is free to read online: https://shenlanguage.org/TBoS/tbos_15.html https://shenlanguage.org/TBoS/tbos_15.html And It's so nicely written, better than anything PLT could produce. Go read it, and you'll see.
- michaelmrose 4y agoThank you. I hadn't realized that the 4th edition was now free to read online but this isn't exactly the gotcha moment you imagine. It was recently made free 8 months ago in a blurry unpleasant to read format a decade after the language launched after everyone else ate their lunch.