On Sunday, 27 September 2015 at 15:35:38 UTC, olivier henley wrote:
> OMG! Congratulations many many times Ali.
>
> As we speak, my copy just left the motorcycle dealer and is riding, without a helmet, to Montreal! =)

Forgot to mention: I find the cover very neat and of great taste.

On Wednesday, 9 September 2015 at 12:28:21 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 08/18/2015 05:57 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>
> > it is up to date with 2.068
>
>   http://ddili.org/ders/d.en/index.html
>
> This information is coming a little late but here are the changes since the previous release on December 15:
>
>
> New chapters:
>
> - Fibers
>
> - Pragmas (moved from elsewhere)
>
> - Operator Precedence
>
> - Andrei Alexandrescu's foreword
>
>
> New features:
>
> - pragma(inline)
>
> - hasUDA (instead of the earlier hand-coded hasAttribute)
>
> - std.range.generate
>
> - AliasSeq (formerly TypeTuple)
>
> - Attributes like 'pure' of 'auto' functions are inferred
>
> - std.algorithm.each
>
> - .byKeyValue
>
>
> Additions:
>
> - typeid, TypeInfo, and a discriminated union example
>
> - Constructor qualifiers and type constructors
>
> - The 'with' keyword
>
> - The comma operator
>
> - typeof(this), typeof(super), and typeof(return)
>
> - .funcptr and .ptr of delegates
>
>
> Edits:
>
> - Mainly by Luís Marques, Steven Schveighoffer, and Andrej Mitrović
>
> - Improved book index
>
> - Improved overall formatting
>
> - Inline (Egyptian) opening brackets throughout (available online and in the upcoming IngramSpark edition; not available in the CreateSpace edition)
>
>
> Ali

I just received my copy last week, and this thing is a monster of a book. You don't realize exactly how much work went into this until you see it in physical form, so thanks again for all your work on this Ali.

On 09/09/2015 09:18 PM, Paul O'Neil wrote:

> I understand that you may not have the IngramSpark edition yet, so an
> answer may have to wait:
>
> Which publisher produces the better book?  Is one bound better, etc.?

I've received the first proof copy of the IngramSpark printing. Comparing it to the CreateSpace printing:

- It is virtually impossible to tell that the two books are printed by two separate printers. The quality is the same.

- The bindings are almost the same: CreateSpace's glue is translucent, IngramSpark's glue is white. Bothe are very good.

- IngramSpark's paper is thinner (eyeballing: about 15-20% thinner); so it is more see through.

More importantly, I can say that my first experimentation with the format change has failed: When the margins are too narrow, the book looks very amateurish. I am going back to more comfortable formatting.

Ali

On 09/27/2015 08:39 AM, olivier henley wrote:
> On Sunday, 27 September 2015 at 15:35:38 UTC, olivier henley wrote:
>> OMG! Congratulations many many times Ali.
>>
>> As we speak, my copy just left the motorcycle dealer and is riding,
>> without a helmet, to Montreal! =)
>
> Forgot to mention: I find the cover very neat and of great taste.

Thank you all. :)

Ali