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Re:Crafting Interpreters: Calls and Functions by shortercode on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:15AM (#20526070)
Looking forward to seeing it complete! I got into programming languages after reading Game programming patterns, and I'm absolutely hooked. When I saw you were working on this book I worked through the first half of it in a week using JS, loved it.

I started the second half in Rust about a week ago, I don't have enough vacation days to work through it at the pace I did the first half. Finding it a bit harder so far, but I think that's just because I'm still new at Rust.

You may have already mentioned this but will you be publishing a physical copy when your done? I'd love to get one for the shelf.

Re:Crafting Interpreters: Calls and Functions by munificent on Thursday July 25, 2019 @11:57AM (#20526465)
> You may have already mentioned this but will you be publishing a physical copy when your done?

Yes. Just like with "Game Programming Patterns", once the chapters are done, I'll put together a print edition, eBook, Kindle, etc. Based on the length, I may end up doing it as two separate volumes, which is crazy to think about.

Re:Crafting Interpreters: Calls and Functions by Technetium_Hat on Thursday July 25, 2019 @04:56PM (#20529613)
If it is to be 2 separate volumes, would the first volume, ie jlox, be ready to publish already?
Re:Crafting Interpreters: Calls and Functions by munificent on Thursday July 25, 2019 @06:05PM (#20530256)
It's written, but there's still a lot of work to publish it: copy-editing, page layout, cover design, etc. I don't want to get distracted by that until all of the chapters are done.