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Beginning to think there won't be much more in tdh way of an explanation... Which is ok... Prop characters introduced to die kinda feels exploitive but I guess it makes an effective point about evil villains....

Clear and concise. In spite of little to no figures and side notes, the exposition is much easier to comprehend. Older books were written with readers not browsers in mind and it shows.

Not sure why I decided to pick this up for light bedtime reading...

This is a rather interesting aside into historical FORTRAN. The trials of the committee and the "simple compilers" which were its bane make for great bedtime reading. Not to mention the struggles and non standard extensions or illegal workarounds needed to get to that illusive unicorn, "machine independent code". The way the "Standard" is treated like a person is great fun too.

This is a rather interesting aside into historical FORTRAN. The trials of the committee and the "simple compilers" which were its bane make for great bedtime reading. Not to mention the struggles and non standard extensions or illegal workarounds needed to get to that illusive unicorn, "machine independent code". The way the "Standard" is treated like a person is great fun too.

"If a program or package (the words are used interchangeably) is to have a long life and to be of wide application in its field, it is essential for it to be easily moved from one machine to another. It used to be common to dismiss such movement with the statement, ‘There is no such thing as a machine-independent program.’ Nonetheless, a great many packages do now move from one machine to another"

Should a book on a subfield of linear algebra poke fun at a perspective reader and "read like a historical fiction novel" (in the immortal words of Amrita Goswami)? If yes, this is the book for you, gentle reader xD

I can't remember enjoying a haircut in a book more. Nor can I recall a better description of how the mind wanders when forced to attend to that which is of no personal interest. Fantastic stuff.

There is something unwholesome about the book's insistence that the primary requirement is unwavering faith in the traditional Buddhist worldview. That along with the strong statements on the impermanence of liberation once begun, even though it may span lifetimes reminds me of a cancer. It seems to provide justification for severe moral lapses. Surely that which is perpetual ought to be renewed eternally as well?