Thanks to Prentice Hall and Addison-Weseley giving me three new books, my reading list has bulked back up. Here's what I'm working through at the moment:
- The Freebies
- UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition)
— I'm really excited about this one, I've loved the first three editions, and this looks like a really solid revamping of a classic in the Sys Admin field.
- The D Programming Language
— I'd like to see how well D stacks up to C and C++ (though I've got pretty minimal chops with either).
- Distributed Programming with Ruby
— another Ruby Book? I've always got room for one of those.
- UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (4th Edition)
- Three More I'm Working On.
- The Little MLer
— I'm tired of waiting for a good OCaml book, and this looks like the best option for getting up to speed in the ML world.
- Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing
— yeah, besides languages and communities, I like to hack food. I've had a couple of goes (each) at jerky, bacon, and sausage. Now, it's time to take a step up to the big leagues.
- 52 Loaves: One Man's Relentless Pursuit of Truth, Meaning, and a Perfect Crust
— Another fun food book.
- The Little MLer
What are you reading? Why?
2 comments:
(saw this come across on google buzz, commented there, but not sure if you read buzz so I'm copying it here): Yes, we do have a dearth of good OCaml books. However, I would highly recommend "The Functional Aproach to Programming" by Cousineau and Mauny. It covers Caml, not OCaml so you won't get the OO part of OCaml, but most of the rest works fine. It's been described as an SICP for CAML.
phil,
that's pretty high praise. I'll have to put it onto my 'to buy list' so it can get on my 'to read list'.
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