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How do you maximise the knowledge that you gain from a programming book? [closed]
For books that cover a subject I already know about I'll skim or skip bits that seem trivial. … Finally when I've finished reading it and am reading other books I will often dip into it again and again to cross-reference, compare, look things up, browse, etc - so many of my favourite books don't …