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I don't think the language has really changed enough to warrant a new version of The D Programming Language[1]. I highly recommend reading Andrei's book even fo
by eco 13y ago
I don't think the language has really changed enough to warrant a new version of The D Programming Language[1]. I highly recommend reading Andrei's book even for people who have no intention of actually using D. It's just a really good read for anyone that has even the slightest interest in programming language design because its filled with the rationale behind every design decision and Andrei is a good writer.
I'm doing a technical review of an upcoming book on D that I believe should be coming out the latter half of this year.
1. Jonathan Davis' list of changes since TDPL came out: http://forum.dlang.org/post/mailman.647.1327135415.16222.digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com http://forum.dlang.org/post/mailman.647.1327135415.16222.dig...
- TylerE 13y agoI think that link rather proves rather than disproves my point...the erratta list is almost one per page, and the mailing list post you linked to is from over 2 years ago.
- eco 13y agoA new run to fix mistakes would be nice but I don't think the publisher would jump at that since there isn't much motivation for current owners of the book to buy a version that is largely the same but with typos and other mistakes fixed.
- andralex 13y agoThe book is running out of stock. I am working on a third printing that fixes all errata.