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A paperback version [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PNVNC9 is available for purchase]. It was published April 2, 2020. I upload a new copy whenever I discover major errata.

'''NOTA BENE''' The API has changed fairly significantly since I last updated the text. Most of this was additions, but there are definitely examples and text which are no longer directly applicable. I definitely discourage purchase of the book until this is remedied. Hopefully useful information remains in the interim.

==Errata in the First Edition==

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* The very first day it was available for purchase (2020-04-02), all copies were printed with a large grey "DRAFT" watermark on each page. If you have such a copy, and would like to exchange it for one without this flaw, email me and we'll work it out.

* I then uploaded a version which had a phantom fifth chapter entitled "A very cursory introduction to fullscreen mode". This chapter does not yet exist. It ought not have occupied a page with its title, and I am incompetent.

* The first graphic has an incorrect caption; "IBM 3270" ought read "IBM 3279". Thanks, [https://github.com/dirty-south-supercomputing/technicalreports/pull/5 blackbit42]!

* The Tetris case study takes a lock in the wrong place. <tt>Tetris::Ticker()</tt> ought read:

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 A paperback version [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086PNVNC9 is available for purchase]. It was published April 2, 2020. I upload a new copy whenever I discover major errata.
+'''NOTA BENE''' The API has changed fairly significantly since I last updated the text. Most of this was additions, but there are definitely examples and text which are no longer directly applicable. I definitely discourage purchase of the book until this is remedied. Hopefully useful information remains in the interim.
 ==Errata in the First Edition==
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 * The very first day it was available for purchase (2020-04-02), all copies were printed with a large grey "DRAFT" watermark on each page. If you have such a copy, and would like to exchange it for one without this flaw, email me and we'll work it out.
 * I then uploaded a version which had a phantom fifth chapter entitled "A very cursory introduction to fullscreen mode". This chapter does not yet exist. It ought not have occupied a page with its title, and I am incompetent.
+* The first graphic has an incorrect caption; "IBM 3270" ought read "IBM 3279". Thanks, [https://github.com/dirty-south-supercomputing/technicalreports/pull/5 blackbit42]!
 * The Tetris case study takes a lock in the wrong place. <tt>Tetris::Ticker()</tt> ought read:
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