Adam Turoff [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>Are you saying that these aren't hardcore because you don't like
*>them? That these are trade simply because they're softcover (and
*>are therefore not textbooks)? That they're trade because they're
*>sold at your local neighborhood B&N? Or are you saying that you're
*>not a textbook buyer or otherwise not in the market for CS textbooks?
Perhaps you don't understand the definition of trade books. B&N and
Follett's are both purveyors of large numbers of trade and textbook
classroom material. ORA is a trade paperback, A-W Knuth is a trade
hardcover as both of these can be purchased in the same edition either in
a general bookstore or a specific bookstore like Quantum or in an academic
bookstore for classroom use. Many classes make use of the trade books
for programming languages so as to be current and because they are
generally cheaper than a textbook edition.
*>At this point, you're confusing the issue and just generally wasting time.
*>I honestly don't know what point you're trying to make.
Because I disagree that Academic book purchases aren't what is influencing
the sales of Java books? It's a mere drop in the bucket to something that
I already have said several times is a mere symptom of a far larger issue.
*>I *thought* this was a discussion about why more Java books are outselling
*>Perl books. The sample below shows how many different areas Java
*>books are being published (and purchased) compared to Perl books, and
*>it also illustrates a breadth of content for Java unmatched
*>within Perl.[1,2,3]
The sale of books or the lack of sales isn't the issue as a far larger
pattern lies beneath, but you have all the answers so I don't know why I
should bother pointing this out. Maybe the moon is full again.
*>[3] There are many good intro to Perl books, and most of them are
*> not published by O'Reilly. :-) But is there a
*> "Perl Programming for Engineers"? There's a Java one...
How many universities are teaching Perl in their undergraduate or graduate
schools of engineering and/or cs? Very few from what I gather.
That universities are teaching Java as opposed to Perl is of little or no
significance to the current state of affairs as you are ignoring all of
the other influencing factors that make an economy go 'round.
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