+1 ----- Original Message ----- > +1 > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Simon Spero <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > I would structure the book by task, showing how different languages > > would > > implement the same task. > > > > For example, > > > > using a marc parsing library in java, groovy, python, ruby, perl, > > c/c++/objective c, Haskell. > > > > Implementing same. > > > > Using a rest API > > > > Implementing a rest API > > > > Doing statistical analysis of catalog records, circulation data , > > etc. > > > > Doing knowledge based analysis of same > > -- > > Treatment of each topic and language is likely to be cursory at > > best, and I > > am not sure who the audience would be. > > > > A series of "<language> for librarians" books would seem more > > useful and > > easier to produce. > > > > Simon > > >