This is a great idea, and we could easily sell the idea to O'Reilly. There's already the perfect animal for the cover: the Gopher ;-).
You could also demonstrate some of the simplications with examples that we've already posted here (making sure that if you really do publish it, to get permissions for those that participated).
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Dr. Michael K. Neylon - mneylon-pm@masemware.com
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