re: starting simple and jumping complex... I took a course from Taylor Booth at UConn. He wrote a book on Automata Theory. On the first day of class, after 5 mi

re: starting simple and jumping complex... I took a course from Taylor Booth at UConn. He wrote a book on Automata Theory. On the first day of class, after 5 minutes, he said "I'm tired of teaching the easy parts... Let's start with Chapter 7 where it gets interesting"...