Learn to Tango with D

Bill Baxter dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com
Mon Jan 7 17:48:31 PST 2008


Bill Baxter wrote:
> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>> Dear D Community,
>>
>> We are happy to announce that "Learn to Tango with D", the book by Kris
>> Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly and Michael Parker, is available 
>> as an
>> eBook at www.apress.com [1]. The printed version will be available from
>> select book stores in about 3 weeks, and is already available for 
>> pre-order
>> at amazon.com [2].
>>
>> "Learn to Tango with D" introduces you to D, with special attention 
>> given to
>> the Tango software library. A concise yet thorough overview of the 
>> language
>> syntax and features is presented, followed by an introduction to Tango.
>>
>> The Table of Contents can be found here [3].
>>
>> The foreword is written by Walter Bright, and Don Clugston acted as
>> technical reviewer.
>>
>> All proceeds from the book will be channeled into the Tango project, 
>> to the
>> benefit of both Tango and the D community.
>>
>> [1]: http://www.apress.com/book/view/9781590599600
>>
>> [2]: http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Tango-D-Kris-Bell/dp/1590599608
>>
>> [3]: http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango/wiki/LearnToTangoWithD
> 
> That's fabulous!
> But something has got to be wrong here.
> The price of the ebook is only $10!?
> 
> I guess I'll just have to buy extras and give the others away.   And I 
> don't even use Tango!
> 
> Congrats on the first D book!

Well, I got one book, but there doesn't seem to be a way to buy 5 
e-copies without going through checkout 5 times.  Ugh.

--bb



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