if your search results are alphabetical, non-letters come first, so this is possibly an attempt to game a system (Amazon’s/any book sellers search algorithms), the workings of which they do not understand
It’s a programing reference. You read the ! symbol as “not”, so the title is “Not Whiteboard”.
In C, there are three logical operators: AND (&&) OR (||) NOT (!). Code will execute if the conditions of the logical statement are met. For example, the code that comes after the statement (if x==5 && y==9) will execute only if both statements are true, if x is 5 and y is 9.
The NOT operator reverses the statement. For example, if you put the NOT operator in front of the previous statement, !(if x==5 && y==9), then if both statements are true, the computer will see !(true), so the whole thing evaluates to false. Similarly, if the statements turn out to be false, the computer will see !(false) which means true.
Having looked at the book’s listing on Amazon, it does look like the author intends ! = NOT. But I wonder whether the target audience for the book understands that. The book is about hiring developers, so it’s more likely that the readership will be managers and HR people. “Smash the Whiteboard” or something would probably make more sense to them.
To be honest, my first thought was the DuckDuckGo “bang” syntax, which is used for a direct search on an external site, using the external site’s own search engine but routing the results through DuckDuckGo for privacy.
For instance, searching for ” !a Dickens” will bring up the same results as searching for “Dickens” directly on Amazon (specifically, the Amazon branch corresponding to your DDG settings).
Because all titles look better when they lead with an exclamation point?
if your search results are alphabetical, non-letters come first, so this is possibly an attempt to game a system (Amazon’s/any book sellers search algorithms), the workings of which they do not understand
It’s a programing reference. You read the ! symbol as “not”, so the title is “Not Whiteboard”.
In C, there are three logical operators: AND (&&) OR (||) NOT (!). Code will execute if the conditions of the logical statement are met. For example, the code that comes after the statement (if x==5 && y==9) will execute only if both statements are true, if x is 5 and y is 9.
The NOT operator reverses the statement. For example, if you put the NOT operator in front of the previous statement, !(if x==5 && y==9), then if both statements are true, the computer will see !(true), so the whole thing evaluates to false. Similarly, if the statements turn out to be false, the computer will see !(false) which means true.
The more you know! Thanks!
Having looked at the book’s listing on Amazon, it does look like the author intends ! = NOT. But I wonder whether the target audience for the book understands that. The book is about hiring developers, so it’s more likely that the readership will be managers and HR people. “Smash the Whiteboard” or something would probably make more sense to them.
To be honest, my first thought was the DuckDuckGo “bang” syntax, which is used for a direct search on an external site, using the external site’s own search engine but routing the results through DuckDuckGo for privacy.
For instance, searching for ” !a Dickens” will bring up the same results as searching for “Dickens” directly on Amazon (specifically, the Amazon branch corresponding to your DDG settings).