Yet another book /about/ programming. I don’t know just what
makes me read them one after another – at the bare bottom,
they are all very similar.

And this book is one of the better ones. The authors definitely
know what they are talking about, building on years and years
of experience writing software. The topics they present are
relevant and interesting – their tips are excellent and useful.

What I liked most about this book is that the authors say
several times that with all the tools, methodologies, models
and new paradigms that pop around us every other day, pure
common sense is still the most important accessory a programmer
has. No set of rules should be followed blindly – just use
the best tool for each job. And having a wide toolbox helps; I liked
the author’s recognition of Perl – it is definitely a single
tool that looks like many in your toolbox.

All in all, a nice book. A bunch of
sound and time-proven pieces of advice that give a programmer’s
brain some food for thought about the bigger picture concepts
of our profession, written in a flowing style.

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