C# In Depth

re: C# In Depth

jonskeet — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:51:48 GMT

I'm sure I asked Mike to remove that bit of the foreword before sending it to you. Ah well... I'm sure it didn't hurt ;)

(For any readers who are also authors in a relevant field, do anything you can to browbeat your publishers into persuading Eric to be a tech reviewer. Without wishing to sound too much of a fan-boy, he's fabulous. I now look back at the time I was the tech reviewer for an Ant book ages ago, and feel somewhat sheepish...)

re: C# In Depth

Kindler Chase — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:02:17 GMT

It's a shame that Jon has been gobbled up by Google and will be spending less time in the world of C#. I think MS missed an opportunity with Jon.

I pre-ordered the book a week or so ago and am anxiously waiting for it to arrive on my doorstep. Definitely looking forward to more of Jon's writing... he has the style of writing that presents a clear understanding and is very easy to follow.

re: C# In Depth

mike — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:52:14 GMT

Is it fair to say that a deeply nested foreword like this could only have been created by a C-style developer? :-)

Anyway, if I ever write a book (again), and if it is actually about something technical, and if it is deemed to need reviewers, and if they ask me who should review it, and if it doesn't seem like it would be a waste of your time, and if you actually had the time, I would put you as #1 on my list. And probably everyone now feels that way, so, um, be prepared, heh.

re: C# In Depth

Bahador — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:26:43 GMT

That was a masterpiece! :D

I read it twice; and it was an enjoyment both times!

Thanks!

re: C# In Depth

Jon Skeet — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:25:46 GMT

Mike: It's deeply nested, but tail recursive. This is a good thing, as it's ugly to make a reader throw a StackOverflowException so early in a book. (Larger books may cause OutOfMemoryExceptions, logical fallacies can cause ArgumentExceptions, and of course an editing failure can cause an IndexOutOfRangeException.)

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arun.philip — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:08:07 GMT

I'm quite honest when I say that this is the first foreword for a book that has sold me on the book itself! It doesn't hurt that Amazon's user ratings for this is all 5 stars!

I've ordered this book, but it's going to take 16 days to deliver here in India (I think they're importing it from the US). Tick tock, tick tock.

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Rather than place the links to the most recent C# team content directly in Community Convergence , I

re: C# In Depth

Michel Desangles — Mon, 26 May 2008 14:22:31 GMT

Jon, Eric, the book is absolutely brilliant (I don't have VS2008 yet, but I'm trying to learn Linq beforehand). It even has a quality that's very rare in technical books : it's well written. I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who's serious about c#.

Disclaimer : I don't know Jon or Eric, I live on a different continent, and I have never even talked to either of them, even though Jon's posts on usenet have helped me an inumerable<number of times>... So this is a real heartfelt recommendation. Buy it.