Re: Future of the cookbook

Hi all,

I'm not reading plt-scheme right now, because life is busy. Is there 
an easy URL to the relevant discussion that someone can give me, 
please?

I think updating the Cookbook is an excellent idea, but I have been 
put off because of the need to learn things I don't know and something 
I won't use commercially (WebIt). I have that and one other thing 
which I will help with if wanted. Does this mean it is wanted?

On 2004-03-22 01:41:19 +0000 Noel Welsh <noelwelsh-/[email protected]> wrote:

> [...] (so HtDP, published by
> MIT Press, doesn't count as MIT Press doesn't even
> sell to most bookstores).

MIT Press is stocked by the bookshops in my nearest city (Cambridge), 
but not in this town. Hardly a surprise, as "for Dummies" is about the 
level of computer book stocked here. If we get the book right, 
promotion via user groups is one good way to go.

> O'Reilly have published the
> Python Cookbook so I don't think collaborative
> development is a big problem if we get the licence
> right.

Lisps are on the O'Reilly blacklist, so that's probably never going to 
happen. http://www.oreilly.com/oreilly/author/writeforus_1101.html

Let's use a sane licence and get it printed by as many people as 
possible.

Provincially, could we workshop this at a London meeting? Do 
Schematicians have links with other similar groups?

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