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A list of free programming books

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Re: A list of free programming books

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Post by vhf »

blueblob wrote: post #2

I like how this is nearly exactly the text from the stack overflow question... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-ava...

README.md says : " This list initially was a clone of stackoverflow - List of freely available programming books by George Stocker. Now updated, with dead links gone (hopefully) and new content. "

I've had this SO list in my bookmarks for long enough, and there were more and more dead links in it. I felt the need to move it to github in order to keep it up-to-date and to augment it.

I apologize if the intention or original source were not made clear.

Re: A list of free programming books

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Post by ohblahitsme »

aram wrote: post #4

It's interesting to see how git/Github as a platform replaces Wikipedia in certain cases for collecting information and enabling people to contribute.

Yeah, especially with Markdown integration, which makes incredibly easy for someone to host their own "information site" and make it look nice and modern. I wonder if Wikipedia would ever change their revision system in favor of git.
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