I'm holding it in my hands

[Justin Johansson]

Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> On 06/05/2010 04:15 PM, Justin Johansson wrote:
>> Ellery Newcomer wrote:
>>> On 06/05/2010 03:42 PM, Justin Johansson wrote:
>>>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>> http://erdani.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't worry, it's SFW :o).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrei
>>>>
>>>> Congratulations. I must say that I really like the cover design.
>>>> Certainly it will stand out from the myriad of O'Reilly programming
>>>> books -- the ones which have a white background and usually a 
>>>> picture of
>>>> some animal(***) on the cover.
>>>>
>>>> Of course it is no surprise seeing that there is a foreword written by
>>>> Walter Bright but getting Scott Meyers to write one as well is not too
>>>> bad. It would be an absolute scream though if it also featured a
>>>> foreword by retard :-)
>>>
>>> With a picture of him.
>>>
>>> In a straitjacket.
>>
>> But then Andrei would have had to publish the book through O'Reilly
>> instead of Addison-Wesley so that the O'Reilly-trademarked white
>> background and the usual picture theme (*** as mentioned above) could be
>> used for the cover design. :-)
>>
>>
> 
> I've often wondered what kind of animal O'Reilly would use for D. That 
> they would instead use a restrained Haskell programmer sputtering his 
> disapproval...
> 
> retard, apologies.

An interesting question which will no doubt solicit some interesting 
answers.

btw, I'd just like to say that what's turned into a little 
skit/twist/joke is by no means intended by me to poke fun at, or to 
ridicule any person or persons named herein.  I've mentioned previously 
on this ng that I quite enjoy reading the some of the controversial 
posts by same and as much as I'm sure I'll enjoy reading the TDPL book. 
  So, in other words, I trust that retard will take no offense from my 
comments and nor should he/she as absolutely no offense is intended.

Cheers
Justin Johansson