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by bryanrasmussen 1881 days ago
nobody ever writes books assuming you know how to use the language, I suppose it decreases customer base.
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rapfaria 1881 days ago
While understanble, I hate this. "Here's 100 pages of python before we get to the good stuff", which ends up not even being good.

Publishers should just offer a free e-book of said language, and make it a requirement.

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HWR_14 1881 days ago
It decreases the amount of boilerplate "how to program in X" text you have to write. Producing text, especially novel text, is expensive in a non-fiction book.
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