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"In western houses we are often confronted with what appears to us useless reiteration. We find it trying to talk to a man while his full length portrait stares at us from behind his back. We wonder which is real, he of the picture or he who talks, and feel a curious conviction that one of them must be a fraud."

Always wanted to read one of these from cover to cover. It's proving to be a very interesting read. So much to learn!

Still no dinosaurs. This book is a drag.

Very disappointed. I'm a few chapters in and still not a single reference to dinosaurs.

Is this cover for real? I figure dinosaurs on a Computer Science textbook are either a very good sign, or an extremely bad one.

"Other people's secrets are never quite as important as one's own" Pg. 44

"How often in his profession had it been the same - the tiny acorn of coincidence that soared into the might oak whose branches darkened the sky. And now, once again, he was setting out to bring the dreadful growth down. With what? A bag of gold clubs?" Pg 56

"Other people's secrets are never quite as important as one's own" Pg. 44

"How often in his profession had it been the same - the tiny acorn of coincidence that soared into the might oak whose branches darkened the sky" Pg 56

Putting on hold because I thought C was a class requirement but I will be able to get away with staying in a C++ mindset