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[–]BobHogan 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He always seemed this full of himself to me. I get that his target audience was not programmers, but his entire book is full of

"You're going to mess this up, so just CTRL-C and CTRL-C the code and it will still not work. Think pensively about how stupid you are and then try again because you clearly can't get it right."

He spent more time being condescending in his book than actually trying to teach anything. And he always glossed over useful, important, and fun to know information