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Re: Bummer!!!
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 9 Dec 2001 05:19:16 GMT
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Other books have covered the varieties of firmwares and OSs for the RIS. The
subject matter of my now-postponed LEGO Mindstorms book is in a different
direction. pbForth gets all of one paragraph...not a comment on pbForth,
just an editorial decision I had to make. I elected to provide all the
coding examples in NQC, though by the time the book eventually comes out,
who knows, I might elect to use something different.
Because I write books nowadays only for the fun of it (I have a regular
full-time job doing movie-related stuff), I might as well not try to go up
against the inevitable rush of early books -- I had my fill of that when I
was writing computer books, and it's just no fun to see your book languish
because of over-publishing.
Unfortunately, these days online book retailers like B&N and Amazon
pre-announce forthcoming books, and it's actually not uncommon for books to
be cancelled or postponed; before the Internet, the public just didn't know
about such things. But it *is* a bummer when something you wanted doesn't
come out. Well, I'll just have to make sure it's a really good book when it
does come out! <g>
-- Gordon
In lugnet.robotics, Matt Lawrence <matt@technoronin.com> writes:
> I've just recently joined the list and started to mess with Lego
> Mindstorms, so I hope this comment isn't redundant.
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> I'm really unhappy with the attitude towards Forth in the O'Reilly book, I
> hope you will portray it in a more favorable light.
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> -- Matt
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| (...) I've just recently joined the list and started to mess with Lego Mindstorms, so I hope this comment isn't redundant. I'm really unhappy with the attitude towards Forth in the O'Reilly book, I hope you will portray it in a more favorable light. (...) (23 years ago, 8-Dec-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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