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The Advanced Bash Scripting Guide 5.2 has been released. It is a shell scripting tutorial and reference focusing on Bash.

This edition includes: bug fixes, stylistic cleanups, new example scripts, clarifications, and other changes.

It has been announced that 'F# for Scientists', by Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd., has been completed and sent to the publisher.

'The New C Standard: An Economic and Cultural Commentary' 1.1, by Derek M. Jones, is now available for download. It is an online book which analyses the C standard from a variety of perspectives.

This update includes: the integration of the defect reports published in TC3, over sixty more references, new measurements, tuning of some of the previous tables and figures, typo fixes, and more.

It has been announced that the online edition of 'Starting Forth', by Leo Brodie and updated by Marcel Hendrix and FORTH Inc., is now available.

Don Syme has announced that his book Expert C#, written along with Adam Granicz and Antonio Cisternino, is expected to be available by November 30, 2007. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

Robert Pickering has announced that his 'Foundations of F#' book will soon be available. Its first printing run will finish on May 25, 2007.

F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

Shriram Krishnamurthi has announced that his 'Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation' book is now available in print.

Jon Harrop, author of the book 'Objective CAML for Scientists', has announced that he is working on a new book entitled 'F# for Scientists'. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

The book "Practical OCaml", by Joshua B. Smith, is now available. Objective Caml is a statically typed, strictly evaluated descendant of ML, offering object-oriented, functional and imperative features.

"Practical OCaml teaches Objective Caml in a straightforward and practical manner. All the features of this functional programming language are taught by example. You will learn how to utilize OCaml to create a simple database, perform reporting, and create a spam filter. You will also learn how to scan complex log files, create your own network servers by creating a shoutcast server, and create a web crawler. By this book's conclusion, you'll be able to decipher when and why OCaml should be used, and be prepared to create your own applications with OCaml."

It has been announced that the book 'Foundations of F#', by Robert Pickering, will be published by Apress in March 2007. F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

Don Syme has announced the availability of an early draft of Chapter 2 (~375 KB .doc) of his planned "Expert F#" book. This draft chapter "covers most of the language constructs in tutorial mode, with the exception of object oriented programming, which will be covered in Chapter 3."

F# is a variant of ML running on .NET, sharing a core language with Objective Caml.

It has been announced that "The First 10 Prolog Programming Contests", by Bart Demoen, Phuong-Lan Nguyen, Tom Schrijvers, and Remko Tronçon, is now available for download.

It includes the questions from the first ten Prolog programming contests, along with answers.

Don Schwarz has announced the creation of jvm-languages.com. It aims to be "a community-run site dedicated to the promotion and advancement of projects that integrate Java with other programming languages. This includes projects that compile scripting or domain-specific languages into Java bytecode, interpreters written in Java, and bridges between the Java VM and other languages."

He has also announced the online availability of his 'Dynamic Languages and Java' book. It is only partially complete, but is available under a Creative Commons license.

Bruce Eckel has announced that a sample of his upcoming book "Thinking in Java, 4th Editon" is now available.

Included in the sample are the first seven chapters, in addition to the source code and installation instructions. The book is due in stores during the middle of February, with preorders being taken now by a number of vendors.

Volume 1 - Tutorial and Volume 2 - Reference of the Sketchy LISP textbook, by Nils M Holm, are now available. They provide "an overview of the Scheme programming language with strong emphasis on functional programming." Printed copies are available for purchase.

An updated version of "The New C Standard: An Economic and Cultural Commentary", by Derek Jones, is now available. It is an online book which analyses the C standard from a variety of perspectives.

This update fixes typos, now includes over 2000 hyperlinks, and allows for faster searching through page 782 of the PDF file. A complete list of changes is available.