>> SO/blogs are typically concerned with corner cases or specific assignements/problems. > No, blog posts and online documentation are hardly limited in such a

>> SO/blogs are typically concerned with corner cases or specific assignements/problems. > No, blog posts and online documentation are hardly limited in such a fashion. I purposefully didn't mention online documentation because it's too easy to make the case that man pages are more often than not too obscure as starting material. Blog posts don't cover everything. Online doc. does though (that's like... the point). The way you are trying to build the argument that it's either paper books or online/e-books/blog/SO and there are mutually exclusive won't lead the conversation anywhere (note the usage of the word 'typically'). I am not getting into a cherry-picking argument contest with you. You prefer e-books and online doc and dislike paper books ? Fine by me.