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Summary: I, Dave Nellans, love this book with all my heart.
Review: I showed up everyday to class and sat in the front row captivated by this wonderful book's contents. If I could take a class every semester that uses this book I would be in heaven. Thank you, Ravi Sethi, with all of my heart, I love you.-Dave Nellans.
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Summary: I, Dave Nellans, love this book with all my heart.
Review: OK, so it has a stupid bear on the cover, but as far as methodical organization it actually falls in mid to upper range for books on this topic. I think it is quite reasonable as far as content, clarity, and organization. It is not overly chatty but friendly and less dry than most. It does not shy away from defining terms which some books do. The previous reviews are shockingly harsh. There is an opening for a concise easy to read book in this area and I think this book is a reasonable start.
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Summary: Hey, this book isn't that bad
Review: OK, so it has a stupid bear on the cover, but as far as methodical organization it actually falls in mid to upper range for books on this topic. I think it is quite reasonable as far as content, clarity, and organization. It is not overly chatty but friendly and less dry than most. It does not shy away from defining terms which some books do. The previous reviews are shockingly harsh. There is an opening for a concise easy to read book in this area and I think this book is a reasonable start.
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Summary: zero stars
Review: This book is impenetrable if you don't already know the material, and excrutiatingly slow if you do. Ravi has struck the very rare balance of creating a book that is unsatisfying to virtually all readers. My instructor tells me that he's been hard pressed to find a better book; this frightens me. I am one of the few humans on record to have finished the tome-- I am as worse person as a result. Save yourself-- drop the course, throw the book away! It doesn't even function well as a doorstop (the binding splits after about the third time the book is thrown.)
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Summary: zero stars
Review: This book is impenetrable if you don't already know the material, and excrutiatingly slow if you do. Ravi has struck the very rare balance of creating a book that is unsatisfying to virtually all readers. My instructor tells me that he's been hard pressed to find a better book; this frightens me. I am one of the few humans on record to have finished the tome-- I am as worse person as a result. Save yourself-- drop the course, throw the book away! It doesn't even function well as a doorstop (the binding splits after about the third time the book is thrown.)
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Summary: Good, but not $100 good
Review: This is a good book, and the section on Functional Programming is especially interesting. Almost every other book in this area omits FP. (The Pratt book comes to mind as one guilty of this omission.) Having said that, I don't believe that I would pay $100+ for this text. Buy it used!
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Summary: Low information content
Review: While accurate and wide-reaching, this book has very little real information in it. The problems are challenging only if you don't know the language they reference. The book is, however, well written.
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