On 12/19/10 1:20 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Andrei Alexandrescu"<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Having a major publisher decide to take risks and invest money in
producing at professional quality and marketing a book on a up-and-coming
language is a clear signal that they believe in the success of the book
and consequently that of the language.
FWIW, if I'm trying to discern the quality or worth of a language, I
wouldn't really consider a book publisher to be an authority on that any
more than, say, a dentist. (Well, ok, maybe more than a dentist, but you get
what I mean.)
The comparison does not fit. This is about making a business decision on
whether to invest a large fixed cost into a book.
Andrei
