Re:Programming for Mere Mortals
by stephth on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:32PM
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I suppose your own interpretation of it had the same content - maybe you're familiar enough with wccrawford and can guess what he's thinking - but objectively they don't. HORRIBLE and UGH were dropped without an actual explanation, and you comment doesn't just sound nicer: you explained how to improve the sample.
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Let me put it this way: I was able to read his comment and recognize that he and I agreed, despite the fact that I don't know him.
Great, maybe then you can also enlighten me on what's so deeply wrong with the title and dedication page? It can't be about it being the only content of the sample, the main content in there is the introduction to the book.
I missed that entirely - I saw the top of the dedication page and assumed it was all dedication page, like most books. I think most people will do the same. That intro, though, is a tell, not a show. I want to sample some pages further into the book to see if the promises made in the intro are fulfilled.
Looks like we were talking about two different things. wccrawford was talking about the preview, while we were referring to the "sample"... <sigh>.
Re:Programming for Mere Mortals
by wccrawford on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @08:18PM
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You're right. I didn't bother with the downloadable sample because I assumed it would be the same as the 'look inside!' preview on Amazon.