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Wow. My only quibble is that a few too many points of tension depend on someone having turned off their cellular phone. But that’s just quibbling, it’s a great book.

W. Richard Stevens: still the gold standard for computer texts.

Ok, I read the book that everyone is reading. Ok, it’s good.

Who will they marry? Will they be happy? This books takes a while to get where it’s going, but get there it does.

If you’re interested in a PDF version of the Twisted Introduction posts, there is now a joliprint link at the end of every post. I’m trying out this service, which creates a PDF from a web page on the fly. The results seem a bit mixed with the images, but maybe it’s useful.

How does the rest of the world see the USA and how do we see ourselves? And what does that mean for the future? Through interviews and analysis Purdy thoughtfully explores these themes.

Part 22: The End

This concludes the introduction started in the first part. You can find an index to the entire series.

All Done

Whew! Thank you for sticking with me. When I started this series I didn’t realize it was going to be this long, or take this much time to make. But I have enjoyed creating it and hope you have enjoyed reading it.

Now that I have finished, I will look into the possibility of generating a PDF format. No promises, though.

Part 21: Lazy is as Lazy Doesn’t: Twisted and Haskell

This continues the introduction started in the first part. You can find an index to the entire series.

Introduction

In the last Part we compared Twisted with Erlang, giving most of our attention to some ideas they have in common. And that ended up being pretty simple, as asynchronous I/O and reactive programming are key components of the Erlang runtime and process model.

A provocative book about the (according to the author) growing distance between the United States and Europe in their approach to international relations.

It’s hard to say no to a novel that includes (briefly) Sir Isaac Newton as crime-fighter. Plus Ben Franklin, Cotton Mather, and, of course, witch hunting and its detractors (chief among them our heroine). It kept my interest, but the language is a bit formal (I guess it’s meant to be of the period) and there were a few too many side-trips.