That's a good point John. I definitely had the thought looking over the outline that a bunch of the 0.4 changes will make certain parts out of date pretty quickly.
Then again, I figured if I helped review, I could perhaps help push things in a good direction and help make it as timely as possible. -Jacob On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:35 PM, John Myles White <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate to say it, but Packt's handling of its Julia publications is rather > troubling. I received a request to review this book and told them I wasn't > free, but the truth is that I would prefer that they not pubilsh this kind > of book at all right now. The blurb refers to several things that may not > even exist in JuliaStats, including lists, factors and ANOVA's. I think the > whole thing is premature. > > -- John > > > On Dec 4, 2014, at 3:31 PM, Wilfred Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > > I received an email today about being a technical reviewer for a book on > Julia! > > We're currently developing a book titled *Mastering Julia* aiming at >> building statistical models with linear regressions and analysis of >> variance (ANOVA) and will be working on probability, probability >> distributions, and random variables covering data structures such as >> matrices, lists, factors, and data frames. This book is targeted at >> Intermediate >> level developer in statistical languages and one who will be having >> understanding of Core elements and applications. >> >> Would you be interested in acting as reviewer for this book? >> > Now, I enjoy Julia, and I'm happy to help promote the language, but I > don't think I'm particularly qualified to be a technical reviewer of a book > on Julia programming. I found this thread on julia-dev: > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/julia-dev/HrdpknFgdfk/SAVMyyacT_sJ > where Packt contacted a large number of folks seeking an author. > > Has anyone else received something like this? In principle, I'm all in > favour of producing promotional or teaching materials, but I'm surprised it > lead to me being contacted. > > >
