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It's the same reason everything digital and downloadable isn't free: there's a cost to create it and there's a value to it. For a language developer to charge
by jjice 3y ago
It's the same reason everything digital and downloadable isn't free: there's a cost to create it and there's a value to it.
For a language developer to charge for a book about that language, I think that's a completely valid way to make some money off of their work.
Even the Rust book, "The Rust Programming Language" is available freely online [0], but also as a print and ebook for sale via NoStarchPress [1].
[0] https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
[1] https://nostarch.com/rust-programming-language-2nd-edition https://nostarch.com/rust-programming-language-2nd-edition
- 999900000999 3y ago40$ is outside of the impulse buy range for many. I'd prefer a GitHub repo with examples over this. At least that can be easily updated
- cb321 3y agoPerhaps the Nim Github Wiki would be more to your liking? https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/wiki EDIT: In particular, the "Nim for X Programmers" pages seem popular.
- 999900000999 3y agoThanks! I'll check this out this weekend.
- ITwrx 3y agoMastering nim is not intended as the intro or main docs for Nim. It's intended as bonus docs for more experienced users, FWICT. Generally, people start with the resources listed here: https://nim-lang.org/documentation.html https://nim-lang.org/documentation.html, especially the official tutorials. There's also this unofficial resource: https://ssalewski.de/nimprogramming.html https://ssalewski.de/nimprogramming.html