Great completely free resource (pdf download) that can suffice to teach a sufficiently curious person to program. Something to download, bookmark and throw at

Great completely free resource (pdf download) that can suffice to teach a sufficiently curious person to program. Something to download, bookmark and throw at people when asked about how to get started. Back in the day, single-digit years old me had to make-do with AmigaBASIC's manual, which shipped with the Amiga 500. A lucky kid who had a computer at home. It was sufficient to bootstrap my career. These days, it is all so much more accessible, and yet.