书名:JavaScript权威指南(第五版)(影印版)
国内出版社:东南大学出版社
出版时间:2007年06月
页数:1020
书号:978-7-5641-0768-0
原版书出版商:O'Reilly Media
David Flanagan
David Flanagan是Mozilla的软件工程师,为O'Reilly撰写了若干 著作,包括《JavaScript权威指南》《Ruby编程语言》,以及本版的先前版本。
David Flanagan是一名程序员,也是一名作家,它的个人网站是http://davidflanagan.com。他在O’Reilly出版的其他畅销书还包括《JavaScript Pocket Reference》、《The Ruby Programming Language》以及《Java in a Nutshell》。David毕业于麻省理工学院,获得计算机科学与工程学位。他和妻子和孩子一起生活在西雅图和温哥华之间的美国太平洋西北海岸。
The animal on the cover of JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition, is a Javan
rhinoceros. All five species of rhinoceros are distinguished by their large size, thick
armor-like skin, three-toed feet, and single or double snout horn. The Javan rhinoceros,
along with the Sumatran rhinoceros, is one of two forest-dwelling species. The
Javan rhinoceros is similar in appearance to the Indian rhinoceros, but smaller and
with certain distinguishing characteristics (primarily skin texture).
Rhinoceroses are often depicted standing up to their snouts in water or mud. In fact,
they can frequently be found just like that. When not resting in a river, rhinos will
dig deep pits in which to wallow. Both of these resting places provide a couple of
advantages. First, they give the animal relief from the tropical heat and protection
from blood-sucking flies. (The mud that the wallow leaves on the skin of the rhinoceros
provides some protection from flies, also.) Second, mud wallows and river water
help support the considerable weight of these huge animals, thereby relieving the
strain on their legs and backs.
Folklore has long held that the horn of the rhinoceros possesses magical and aphrodisiacal
powers, and that humans who gain possession of the horns will gain those
powers, also. This is one of the reasons why rhinos are a prime target of poachers.
All species of rhinoceros are in danger, and the Javan rhino population is the most
precarious. Fewer than 100 of these animals are still living. At one time, Javan rhinos
could be found throughout southeastern Asia, but they are now believed to exist
only in Indonesia and Vietnam.