O'Reilly covers
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What's the deal with those covers? I mean, when you have a language like Python, it's easy to come up with an animal for a cover
But even then, you can screw things up. What does learning a language named Python and a mouse or a rabbit (or whatever that is) have in common? Am i going to be eaten by it?
Well, there's a background story for this whole thing
But it still doesn't answer why JavaScript is pictured in so different ways
A rhino, a butterfly and an owl. Yep, it doesn't make sense in the same way as famous Perl's camel:
Either way, I believe we can find some wisdom on those covers that give you a hint on the road ahead.
Like Perl 6 being popular again is a chimera
Or that programming Python on Windows is dangerous if you get too close to that pond
Not everything has to be bad though. You also get great advice
Like have two people doing RegExps
Or that you'll get yelled at for selecting a stack
And that "Learning Carbon" is like puppy sex.
Sometimes it seems they want everyone to be happy, even when they have nothing in common
Sure, you're a lazy SJW that lets the women hunt. Oh well, better than being a Microsoft's
dirty little snake or a
bug eating monkey. But if you feel sad, remember, it could only be worse, like using
vim and having to fix a bug on a production server over a
slow SSH connection.
Anyway, I invite you to the wonderful world of O'Reilly's book covers, which cover every technology you can imagine by simply doing a
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I love the cover of the Python book with the rat on it.
Powerful Object-Oriented Programming
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They are pretty distinctive, though. I guess that counts more than making sense.
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They are pretty distinctive, though. I guess that counts more than making sense.
That's not just O'Reilly, though.
Who remembers "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools"? Everyone remembers "the dragon book".
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I don't remember either.
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Who remembers "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools"? Everyone remembers "the dragon book".
I wonder if I still have mine...
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The book covers for Manning books are also distinctive by using colored woodcuts of traditional clothing. Way less chance to trigger arachnophobia in your customer base.
Then again, covers vary. I remember reading the Introduction of one of their sample books where the author confessed that he could not resist to pick one with a most ridiculous feathered hat, out of spite.
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The Perl camel makes complete sense: http://devopsreactions.tumblr.com/post/52448760955/trying-to-refactor-perl-code
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It looks like this now.
Personally I prefer the older cover.
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Lex and Yacc are much better friends than PHP and MySQL:
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9781565920002/cat.gifalso they have mohawks.
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It's not just Python where the cover is especially appropriate. This is one of my favorites:
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9780596006488/cat.gif
And others are also pretty straightforward if you give them some thought:
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9780596005955/cat.gif
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920024491/cat.gif
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9780596102357/cat.gif
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9780596007737/cat.gifOther times they missed an obvious one:
http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9780596001841/cat.gif
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Then again, covers vary. I remember reading the Introduction of one of their sample books where the author confessed that he could not resist to pick one with a most ridiculous feathered hat, out of spite.
@abarker on discourse?
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[url=http://archive.oreilly.com/pub/a/oreilly//news/ediemals_0400.html]For our Google-challenged users[/url] there's an explanation.
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There are also the various editions of Operating System Concepts with dinosaurs:
My favourite is this:
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Who remembers "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools"?
Mislaid my copy...
Was a bit dog-eared though.
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Is that Java sign because of coffee or because they're
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What does learning a language named Python and a mouse or a rabbit (or whatever that is) have in common?
Prey.
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Who remembers "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools"? Everyone remembers "the dragon book".
I remember "the dragon book" for being mentioned as the book about compilers by pretty much anyone who cares about such things.But I've never bothered to see what its cover looked like. So thanks for tbat.
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Who remembers "Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools"? Everyone remembers "the dragon book".
I never had this book, but now I want it.
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Everyone remembers "the dragon book"
I only know of the dragon book from that other thread here that mentioned it
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So many wrong in just an image
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Excellent book all the same. Wish I still had my copy.
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I haven't used the dragon book (not a CS graduate) but I do have a copy of the dinosaur book. 7th edition version.
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I just realized that since clang's logo is a dragon, it fits the theme for the compiler book.
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I always liked this one:
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What does learning a language named Python and a mouse or a rabbit (or whatever that is) have in common?
Well, since Python's related to Monty and not the scaley variety, maybe the mouse-organ and the killer bunny of Caerbannog ?
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I just realized that since clang's logo is a dragon, it fits the theme for the compiler book.
It's also a heck of a lot more advanced than anything in even the second edition. The chrome in the logo is justified.
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I gotta say, this is the most badass software logo that I know of. I challenge anyone else to find something better.
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It's even an onomatopoeia! A chrome dragon flying against a mountain?
*CLANG!*
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But what about a dhrome cragon?
