Re: [boost] Book "The Boost C++ Libraries" now in English

Subject: Re: [boost] Book "The Boost C++ Libraries" now in English
From: Arindam (arindam.mukerjee_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-21 16:44:39

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Geoff Hilton
<geoff.hilton_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 01/04/2010 8:57 AM, Boris Schaeling wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:49:49 +0300, Mathias Gaunard
>> <mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> Boris Schaeling wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Andreas and I are pleased to announce that the book "The Boost C++
>>>> Libraries" is now available in English:
>>>> <http://en.highscore.de/cpp/boost/>
>>>
>>> Which version of boost is this based on?
>>
>> The current one (all samples can be built with Boost 1.42.0). However
>> some chapters deserve already to be updated (e.g. the chapter about
>> event handling introduces Boost.Signals but not yet the thread-safe
>> library Boost.Signals2).
>>

Without intending to undermine this most useful book, I would like to
point out that some stylistic changes in the English version would go
a long way putting it in perfect shape for an English print edition.
In case you've taken note of this need, think it's important enough to
merit attention, would you need help in this regard? Would be glad to
help.

Cheers,
Arindam