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Hey all,

In my last post I said I might be finished in November. That didn’t happen and the publication I’ve been working toward is now coming up on 200-ish pages. I’m aiming through editing to keep it in that range (for comparison, the entire VB language specification is < 700 pages). Editing has been a mix of expanding some chapters and reducing/combining others. I’m really liking the improvements to flow now with each section having 1-3 deep chapters (like XAML literals) and the rest be shallower chapters. I know this document is huge so I’m really trying to keep it from being boring or monotonous. I’ve added a section (technically I moved some chapters from other sections to a new section). I am considering (no promises) a stagger publication of one section at a time, but I haven’t yet committed to that approach.

A friend has convinced me to come up for air this month to get some other things in my life ready for the new year so I won’t promise this monster of a publication will be done this month. I’m still working on it but I’m trying to be more realistic about other end-of-year competition for my time, including holiday time with family.

Happy Holidays and Warmest Regards,

-ADG