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Real World Haskell is shipping!

November 25th, 2008 by Don Stewart

Just arrived, the first copy of RWH incarnate! Order your copy now to ship before the holidays!
This was waiting on my doorstep.

This was waiting on my doorstep.

And yes, it even talks about the IO monad More photos of the first copy.

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8 Responses to “Real World Haskell is shipping!”

  1. on 25 Nov 2008 at 21:44 UTC1 Axman6

    Hooray, can’t wait to finally get my copy. I hope it arrives before christmas.

    Congrats Don!

  2. on 25 Nov 2008 at 23:46 UTC2 kinghajj

    I just got an email today from Amazon saying that my pre-order shipped, with an estimate that it’ll arrive next week! I can’t wait to sit down and start reading this.

  3. on 26 Nov 2008 at 04:41 UTC3 Chris Dew

    Congratulation on completing the book, I’ve already pre-ordered my copy from amazon.co.uk.

    What technologies were used in the production of the physical book, HTML and ebook?

    I assume that the physical book, HTML and ebook are all generated from the same source. Is that source reStructured text, or some other format?

  4. on 26 Nov 2008 at 11:41 UTC4 Ron

    Mine shipped, to arrive on Friday the 28th.
    Dang holiday is getting in the way!

  5. on 27 Nov 2008 at 09:56 UTC5 Keith Fahlgren

    @chris The book was authored in DocBook (some of which was generated). The manuscript was typeset into PDF using customizations on top of the open source DocBook-XSL project’s stylesheets. In a similar way, ePub and HTML files were prepared using customizations on DocBook-XSL. The mobipocket file was prepared from the ePub by mobigen_linux.

    While reStuctured text is great for generating documentation efficiently, it lacks the rich markup necessary to describe long, complex works like Real World Haskell.

  6. on 28 Nov 2008 at 03:36 UTC6 Sander

    Ordered mine at the local bookshop, no sign yet.. Hope it arrives quickly!

  7. on 02 Dec 2008 at 09:33 UTC7 Dan

    Excelent.

    Something good to be read during the following vacantion.
    May I propose you a book exchange ? See the other book on the website.

    Thank you
    Dan

  8. on 06 Dec 2008 at 00:07 UTC8 Mike Klein

    I know were not supposed to judge a book by its cover,
    but that is one UGLY critter for such a beautiful language