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Discordian Programming!

Started by ataraxia, September 17, 2005, 05:46:34 AM

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ataraxia

Probably all here who care already know about this, but...
There's a truly insane programming manual (that teaches Ruby, a language which I happen to like for practical reasons as well):
Why's (Poignant) Guide to Ruby
It actually teaches programming, while containing images like these:






If you hate programming, this guy has other cool random stuff at http://whytheluckystiff.net/. One of my favorite writers.
Lossage, sausage, whatever.
http://scoriens.andrew.cmu.edu/

Buddha's Ghost Penis

WHY DID YOU BAN ME!?!?!

nurbldoff

While I found the book to be slightly too, eh, well, I don't know. But I do like the language.
Nature is the great teacher. Who is the principal?

ataraxia

I thought it was hard to actually learn from, too. But the "elf with the pet ham" and "space travelling doctor" chapters were awesome.
Lossage, sausage, whatever.
http://scoriens.andrew.cmu.edu/

nurbldoff

As I already knew the language reasonably, I didn't actually read much of the book. Did I miss anything?
Nature is the great teacher. Who is the principal?

ataraxia

There are a lot of jokes and actual plot buried in the non-graphical material. It really does feel VERY Discordian to me.
Lossage, sausage, whatever.
http://scoriens.andrew.cmu.edu/