Please say hi to Eric and Ferry for me!

There are also more bizarre questions like “should the string equality procedure be called string= or string=?” If it’s a predicate it should be string=? (and it is). But then, why isn’t the numeric comparison operator called “=?”? Of course because no sane person would write “=?”, but still, it is an inconsistency

As for a justification: it’s simple. You know what kind of output to expect from a question mark-method, and it would be a violation of the reader’s expectations if you suddenly took the output of such a method and started using it as the key for a hash table! And you know people are going to do it (even if you warn them not to…), so you’d better remove the question mark from the method if it doesn’t return a strict boolean.

I don’t really have anything on fantasy to recommend right now, sorry

I really enjoyed the 11th and 12th book of WoT! enjoy!!! I still have about 15 small fantasy pockets which I have to finish first and I also want to finish some other series

But thanks for the advice, any stuff on Fantasy series or is it just SF for you right now?

I’m not really reading in different series at the same time, but I don’t necessarily have to finish a series before I start another one or read a book in another series. I do also read technical books and novels at the same time, just like you.

Speak soon!

Of course while waiting for a sequal to come out (like WoT) I read other stuff but only ever one book at a time. If I’m reading a technical book I generally read that simultaneously with novels, though. There’s not really much of a storyline to keep track of with those

I have been totally slacking off with my reading lately, but I’ve just started picking it up again, with the eleventh WoT. I finished the prelude yesterday and it was great, so I have high hopes for the rest of the book!

Since you’re getting into SciFi, I can really recommend the late Arthur C Clarke’s writings. I’ve only read a little he wrote, but so far it’s been good; The Wind From the Sun which is a collection of short stories and Rendezvous with Rama, a full novel which has a few sequels too (but I don’t think you can call it a proper series). If you’d like to try his books, I can recommend starting with the short stories; they’re all very short and diverse enough to keep your interest. He writes about various topics and his writing has that typical SciFi “edge” which I like so much, touching moral issues rather than only describing space battles I’m also considering reading 2001: A Space Oddyssey, but I already saw the film (which is truly breathtaking, if you take the time to view it and can stand the slow pace) so I’m not yet sure if reading the book will add a lot.

I’ve heard Isaac Asimov is fantasic, so I tried out “Foundation”, the first book in his series, but I actually found it very boring I might try a different book or series by him later.