Well written, but somehow not as absorbing as the Wolfenstein book - probably because Wolfenstein was "solving an impossible problem" when Doom was thWell written, but somehow not as absorbing as the Wolfenstein book - probably because Wolfenstein was "solving an impossible problem" when Doom was then "solving it even better". Worth a rea but I don't feel like I learned nearly as much as I did from its predecessor...more
As expected of a HF book, gave a good intro to the basics of the language that I wanted so I could follow the code examples in the Dragon book I will As expected of a HF book, gave a good intro to the basics of the language that I wanted so I could follow the code examples in the Dragon book I will be reading next...more
I've been meditating for twenty years, not making all that much progress and never quite sure what it was I was getting wrong.
This is the book I wish I've been meditating for twenty years, not making all that much progress and never quite sure what it was I was getting wrong.
This is the book I wish I'd had twenty years ago. I finally *got* it - what meditation is, what it isn't, what I was doing right, what I was doing wrong, all of it.
The author has done a superb job of writing a readable, engaging text; of spelling out exactly what the misconceptions and pitfalls are; of giving useful advice on how to avoid the mistakes; and of what you should and shouldn't expect as you progress.
I read it through from cover to cover to get the "Big Picture" and am now re-reading from the start to pick up on the details. I genuinely feel I've made more progress in the handful of days since reading this than I did in all the years before. For the first time, I'm confident that I'm making progress and will continue to do so.
Rave reviews all around, for me this is *the* book on learning to meditate....more
A few years ago, I was interested in MOPs due to Perl's Moose OO framework. I took a look at this book and gave up after a few pages as "way over my hA few years ago, I was interested in MOPs due to Perl's Moose OO framework. I took a look at this book and gave up after a few pages as "way over my head"
After a year or so of reading Lisp, I was interested again in MOPs, and after reading Keene's OO book by way of intro, moved onto this. At long last, I was able to understand all the jargon and code samples. As a result, after all this time I finally *got* what a MOP is and why you may want one.
In fact, it's such a brilliant and simple idea I'm amazed every language doesn't have one. At least, so it seems after investing a year in the foundations :)
Really worthwhile book, but you *have* to have at least some common lisp and CLOS knowledge to make it understandable....more
Very enlightening, a good intro to a lot of useful stuff - abstractions. functional programming, lisp, etc.
It took most of a year to get through, whatVery enlightening, a good intro to a lot of useful stuff - abstractions. functional programming, lisp, etc.
It took most of a year to get through, what with only having so much spare time and wanting to do all the examples. I need to read it at least one more time without the need to take so long to absorb all the content. Probably more.
Well worth the read, and the videos are a valuable addition. I don't think it was quite as earth-shaking as some people have labelled it. That might just be because so many of the concepts it presented are now in mainstream use. But it was certainly well worth the read, if only to see how simple they could make the code for some extremely complex functionality. If I could write code half as well as the examples in this book, I'd be delighted....more
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