Nice review - I made the mistake of reading the 1 star reviews for the same book. Incredibly irritating. A book with goofy elephants, jelly stains and a ludic S

Nice review - I made the mistake of reading the 1 star reviews for the same book. Incredibly irritating. A book with goofy elephants, jelly stains and a ludic Socratic exposition is not everyone's cup of tea - I get that. But the fact that this book is read, reissued and somewhat relevant more than 30 yrs after its original writing deserves some consideration. I think the most striking thing about this book is that it does not in any way require you to turn on the computer. It is a good exercise in this regard. I first read this a few years back and immediately thought that if I had to teach someone from scratch about programming I would use this first...