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RangerScience
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Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby (2004)
There are two kinds of people who are trying to learn code: Those who already think like a programmer, and those who don't.
K&R is for one of those. _why's guide is for the other.
darthrupert
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And those of us who are not dumb enough to be locked into a single narrow mindset will enjoy them both.
RangerScience
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TBF, input is generally linear; prior to experiencing both, one will be better suited to go first. Usually because it makes the broader concept-space - and thus the second - more generally accessible.
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K&R is for one of those. _why's guide is for the other.