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There has always been a tendency of authors to inject a lot of themselves into technical content, which is charming to some and anathema to others. And I would
by veltas 4y ago
There has always been a tendency of authors to inject a lot of themselves into technical content, which is charming to some and anathema to others. And I would guess in the 80's people felt subversive and "not square" writing like this, too. There's a lot of it.
Starting FORTH is like this, and I love that book, but I can see how it would have irritated a lot of people from the era it was written in.
- bmitc 4y agoI like Starting Forth. I think it strikes a good balance, but it is more of a tutorial than a manual or reference. Although, a good manual should probably contain tutorials.