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> 
> 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
> >
>