I mean it. Both books are free, and PLAI has an interactive tutorial on the language used in the book called SMoL [1] done by one of Shriram's students. The tut

I mean it. Both books are free, and PLAI has an interactive tutorial on the language used in the book called SMoL [1] done by one of Shriram's students. The tutorial is not a passive one by any means; it forces you to think and highlights pitfalls students often fall into when reading the material. This whole ethos on readers learning is in stark contrast to books that feel like the authors show off how smart and clever and profound they are instead of caring about their readers comprehension. I include very highly praised books even on HN. [1] https://www.plai.org/#direct-links-to-the-tutor https://www.plai.org/#direct-links-to-the-tutor N.B. The author of this post, portable EPUBs, also works on language learning. A whole ethos... https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01257 https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01257