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January 26, 2008 by Glen. Filed under programming.

Why are classic computer texts so expensive?

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  1. Tom says:

    You can borrow my copy if you like. Ive only lasted about a third of the way through so far. its as dry as a parsons biscuit

  2. admin says:

    Thanks Tom, I’ll check it out. I had heard it was somewhat dry, but I’ll feel inadequate until I have at least tackled a few chapters :)

  3. adam the great says:

    Come on lads , think of the trees.

    In this day an age surely all the info we need is digital.

  4. Glen says:

    I’d be happy with a PDF if you can find a link :)

  5. Peter says:

    I find that most books in that area to be rather boring, probably the Java specific ones being more helpful (even if you don’t know Java).

    If only the books were more like this…

    http://poignantguide.net/ruby/

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