Nice to know about the 7 models book. I wasn't aware of it. I can't give you an opinion about JoC 2nd vs. 1st ed., though. I haven't read either thoroughly. I only got the first edition when I bought the pre-release 2nd edition package last fall. I don't have an e-reading platform that I like, so I have only been reading bits and pieces of either edition. I'll read it seriously when the paper edition comes (unless I buy a tablet first).
(Are you on the Manning Publishing daily specials mailing list? That's how I got the pre-release package for 1/2 price, and I have seen that offer more than once since I bought the package. It may that at this point they won't offer any further 1/2 price deals on JoC, but if they do, you could buy it that way.) On Friday, May 2, 2014 1:07:36 AM UTC-5, gamma235 wrote: > > Thank you Mars0i!! > > I have a first edition copy of JOC and really like the way it just lays > things out for you. I am hesitating to buy the 2nd edition, though, due to > the hefty price-tag, though I am curious about logic programming and data. > Would you say it is worth the money? > > I am now reading the 7 concurrency models in 7 weeks beta version > (recommended by Alex Ott, above) and am finding it thoroughly enjoyable. It > masquerades as language agnostic, but the first half is virtually a Clojure > book in the way it introduces Java's concurrency solutions (or lack > thereof), priming you for the subsequent chapters that go into Clojure's > primitives, core.async, and even Clojurescript. There is a chapter on > actors, using Elixir, and then the latter half gets more general talking > about how concurrency relates to big data and Hadoop, using Java. In > general, I think all of the information is pertinent for a Clojure > programmer who wants to become more well-rounded on the subject. > > J > > On Friday, May 2, 2014 1:07:00 PM UTC+9, Mars0i wrote: >> >> On Monday, April 28, 2014 9:42:06 AM UTC-5, gamma235 wrote: >>> >>> I heard that Joy of Clojure would be adding a lot in the 2nd edition, >>> including a section on core.logic; is core.async also on that list? >>> >> >> I bought the pre-release + final release *Joy of Clojure* 2nd ed. >> package, so I have the v10 prerelease version. This seems to be the final >> version before the regular release. I did a search through the v10 pdf, >> and found no instances of "core.async", and the string "async" appeared >> only in the word "asynchronous". By contrast, there are indeed many >> instances of "core.logic". >> >> The eBook version is supposed to come out in mid-May, and the print and >> other electronic versions some time after that. The last email that I got >> says that the book "is now in production where it will get a thorough >> polishing before publication." So it sounds as if the authors and >> publisher are only fixing typos and doing other small changes at this >> point, and that core.async will not be discussed in the book. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
