Monday, May 18, 2009

Programming F# - The official book cover. While not as awesome as the concept cover, it’s still pretty cool…

Chris Smith's completely unique view - Programming F# – Official Cover

“So as it turns out my petition for a kickass cover was ultimately unsuccessful. But the good news is that I’m not suck with something neither cute nor cuddly. Instead I got a Jellyfish, after spending some time thinking about it is pretty good. (Though certainly not as awesome as a hydra.)

Jellyfish Facts

  • Jellyfish can be found in every ocean. Therefore, in the time if trouble they can call on the nine pirate lords for help. Much like F# being able to use nine different programming paradigms and styles:
    • functional, imperative, object-oriented, metaprogramming, scripting, concurrent, reactive, declaritive, and awesome. (Yes, ‘awesome’ is a programming paradigm… and Haskell doesn’t support it.)
  • Jellyfish do not have a brain or central nervous system. Just like F#… umm… you don’t need a nervous system to write world-class applications?  Let me get back to you on this one…
  • The real reason I’m excited about having a Jellyfish on the cover is that they can Sting and Kill you. Like F#, Jellyfish are deadly.

So anyways, this October be on the lookout for Jellyfish Book! [GD: Post leached in full]

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Chris’s comment above killed me, “The real reason I’m excited about having a Jellyfish on the cover is that they can Sting and Kill you. Like F#, Jellyfish are deadly.” You’ve GOT to love that level of honesty. “With great power…” and all that.




Programming F#: Chris Smith: Books

ISBN: 0596153643
ISBN-13: 9780596153649


 

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