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I think everyone is taking the title a little too literally. The "24 hours" gimmick is just a way of constraining the information into discrete concepts. Once
by hnal943 17y ago
I think everyone is taking the title a little too literally. The "24 hours" gimmick is just a way of constraining the information into discrete concepts. Once you know 24 facets of a language, you are certainly qualified to start testing out the language. Is there anyone who really thinks that by reading any number of books on a topic you could consider yourself an expert?
- algorias 17y agoSadly, yes.
- eru 17y ago> Is there anyone who really thinks that by reading any number of books on a topic you could consider yourself an expert? Math may be the one of the few areas, where this is true. If you can read (and understand!) a math book, you have already gone pretty far. But that's much closer to reading source code (or poetry) than your average book.
- plinkplonk 17y ago" Is there anyone who really thinks that by reading any number of books on a topic you could consider yourself an expert?" Depends on what exactly "reading" encompasses. If you can work through a good book (say SICP) doing all the exercises etc and writing a lot of code, I'd be very surprised if you don't "level up" very fast. If you've worked completely through "C Interfaces and Implementations" by David Hanson, you should be a pretty good C programmer at the end. Working through a series of great books will amplify this effect. so yes you can achieve a lot through proper use of books but 21 days, no way.