Book · Chris Pine

Learn to Program

Hansson names Pine’s Ruby-based introductory programming book. The interview does not identify a particular edition.

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5:20:26 · YouTube
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Hansson recommends Pine’s book as a way to learn basic programming principles with Ruby; the linked publisher edition establishes identity, not the edition he used. Timing marks the publisher paragraph start; the speech end is unknown.
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