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by Fomite 4416 days ago
Well, at this point in my career, the lecture covers things not yet written in textbooks ;)

But generally speaking, especially when you account for the probability that "read the textbook" will result in me either grinding to a halt or just having content slide off, I covered more in lecture.

Textbooks were useful for specific needs for depth, used much more like reference works than a way to learn an entire topic.