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I really like these "learn you a" books. I have no reason why but I just like the freaking pictures. It keeps me going. It's like a children book but it also t

I really like these "learn you a" books. I have no reason why but I just like the freaking pictures. It keeps me going. It's like a children book but it also teaches me the subject I like, programming languages.

wlesieutre 12y ago
On top of the pictures, the examples are a lot more fun than foo and bar. Here's (part of) how Learn You a Haskell introduces map: ghci> map (++ "!") ["BIFF", "BANG", "POW"] ["BIFF!","BANG!","POW!"]
- Dewie 12y ago
  I hate foo/bar for some reason. I think it's because it is supposed to be "this is just whatever", and yet they force me to think about Kung Fu, the Foo Fighters and crowbars.
  - Gigablah 12y ago
    I just think of a certain audio player...
  - carapace 12y ago
    You know it's an old military acronym, right? F.U.B.A.R. stands for eFfed Up Beyond All Recognition. (And SNAFU is Situation Normal: All eFfed Up.) ;-)
- ufo 12y ago
  The official Python tutorial is also a good example of this. Is all Monthy Python references.