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.
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
| Printed |
Page iii
ToC, page iii |
We got 2 names spelled wrong!
von Rossum
should be
van Rossum
Charles D. Moore
should be
Charles H. Moore
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"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
-- Confucius
Note from the Author or Editor:
Ignore the Confucius quote :)
|
Federico Biancuzzi
  |
Apr 08, 2009 |
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| PDF |
Page 31
Last paragraph |
influentia should be influential in the sentence:
ABC actually shared a philosophy with ALGOL-68, which is
nowoneofthedeadestlanguagesaround,butwasveryinfluentia.
Note from the Author or Editor:
influentia
should be
influential
|
James D. Vogel |
May 04, 2009 |
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| 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 |
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| Printed |
Page 60
|
The complete name of the interviewee is used at the beginning of his third answer instead of his first answer.
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"Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time."
-- Voltaire
Note from the Author or Editor:
Ignore the Voltaire quote :)
|
Federico Biancuzzi
|
Apr 08, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 65
fourth line from the bottom |
"Victor Borgia", should be "Victor Borge"
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 10, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 83
9 lines from the bottom |
"double position numbers", should be "double precision numbers"
|
Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 10, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 85
middle of the page |
"original original BASIC", should be "original BASIC"
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 10, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 110
third and fourth lines from the bottom |
"tools to to solve", should be "tools to solve"
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 11, 2009 |
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| 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:
"was going on AWK"
should be
"was going on with AWK"
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 11, 2009 |
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| 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 :)
* http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/a-while-awhile.aspx
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Fredrik Winkler |
Sep 23, 2012 |
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| Printed |
Page 306
11 lines from the top |
"... spoken languages, I I don't know", should be "... spoken languages, I don't know"
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 17, 2009 |
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| 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:
its
should be
it's
|
Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 18, 2009 |
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| 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:
ships
should be
chips
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 18, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 371
Middle of the page |
"Dave Parness", should be "Dave Parnas"
|
Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 18, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 379
3rd paragraph |
The first "have" in "you have might have a googolplex" should be removed.
|
Fredrik Winkler |
Sep 23, 2012 |
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| Printed |
Page 379
2nd paragraph |
"a accidental null character" should be "AN accidental null character" .
|
Fredrik Winkler |
Sep 23, 2012 |
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| Printed |
Page 415
4 lines from the top |
"fete complete", should be "fait accompli"
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Bruce C. Baker |
Apr 18, 2009 |
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| Printed |
Page 428
2nd paragraph and last paragraph |
USCSB should be UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara).
|
Paul McJones |
Jan 18, 2011 |
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