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"2017 book that teaches computer organization and programming"... I'm going to go on a limb and claim that the book "teaches" nothing... It's one of those books that regurgitate stuff that hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of students get to memorize, for absolutely no reason, as the information is not only useless for anything mainstream but maybe obscure historical research, but also devoid of context most of the time. It took someone like Ken to actually figure out where even that nonsense came from. Nobody who uses the "book" is encouraged to think about what most of it means. How could they? Memorize, sit an exam, move on. Horrible waste of life if you ask me.
That "book" is a scary example of blind leading the blind. People who were "taught" this way now "teach" the same way. A cargo cult horror show if you ask me.
Nov 28, 2022, 6:57:59 PM
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