given the current political environment i think we should protect and promote old textbooks as much as possible. they’re lean, devoid of ceremony, makes no assumptions about race/gender/political orientation/socioeconomic status of the students as they work their way through the foundations of the subject. for a modern example of mumble jumble jank, with so much presuppositions about your intelligence, see the rust book[0]. it’s a tough book to study because it wastes so many words saying nothing at all. many people have used it yet rust lifetimes and borrow checker semantics is as arcane as holy grail secrets.

[0]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/