[Shog9]

Interestingly, this "textbook for modern programmers" usage was one of the explicit goals for the site:

> Programmers seem to have stopped reading books. The market for books on programming topics is miniscule compared to the number of working programmers.

--http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/04/16.html

[Sir_Substance]

That's neat, I didn't know that. Mission accomplished then!