Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printed | Page iii ToC, page iii |
Note from the Author or Editor: |
Apr 08, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 | |
Page 31 Last paragraph |
influentia should be influential in the sentence: Note from the Author or Editor: |
James D. Vogel | May 04, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 | |
| Printed | Page 33 2nd paragraph |
"Even port of Python [...] has its own parser" should probably be "EVERY port of Python [...]", otherwise the sentence doesn't make much sense. |
Fredrik Winkler | Sep 23, 2012 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 60 |
Note from the Author or Editor: |
Apr 08, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 | |
| Printed | Page 65 fourth line from the bottom |
"Victor Borgia", should be "Victor Borge" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 10, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 83 9 lines from the bottom |
"double position numbers", should be "double precision numbers" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 10, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 85 middle of the page |
"original original BASIC", should be "original BASIC" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 10, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 110 third and fourth lines from the bottom |
"tools to to solve", should be "tools to solve" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 11, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 149 6 lines from the bottom |
"was going on AWK", should be "was going on ["in" | "with"] AWK" Note from the Author or Editor: |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 11, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 194 Paul's 2nd paragraph |
"programmed for awhile" should probably be "programmed for a while". According to Grammar Girl*, "Awhile" means "for a time" and it's an adverb, and surely "programmed for for a time" (note the repeated for) does not make much sense :) |
Fredrik Winkler | Sep 23, 2012 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 306 11 lines from the top |
"... spoken languages, I I don't know", should be "... spoken languages, I don't know" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 17, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 359 5 lines from the botfom |
"... if its economically interesting ...", should be "... if it's economically interesting ..." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 18, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 370 9 lines from the bottom |
"... (multicore ships to massively parallel computers).", should be "... (multicore chips to massively parallel computers)." Note from the Author or Editor: |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 18, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 371 Middle of the page |
"Dave Parness", should be "Dave Parnas" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 18, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 379 3rd paragraph |
The first "have" in "you have might have a googolplex" should be removed. |
Fredrik Winkler | Sep 23, 2012 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 379 2nd paragraph |
"a accidental null character" should be "AN accidental null character" . |
Fredrik Winkler | Sep 23, 2012 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 415 4 lines from the top |
"fete complete", should be "fait accompli" |
Bruce C. Baker | Apr 18, 2009 | Mar 21, 2014 |
| Printed | Page 428 2nd paragraph and last paragraph |
USCSB should be UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara). |
Paul McJones | Jan 18, 2011 | Mar 21, 2014 |