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johneayesterday at 11:04 PM5 repliesview on HN

Is this riffing on Strunk and Whites: The Elements of Style?

Often referred to as "The Little Book".


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Exoristostoday at 12:14 AM

No, it's _obviously_ homage to the Little Liddel[0].

0. https://archive.org/details/lexiconabridgedf00liddrich

relykstoday at 12:09 AM

I'm assuming it's more in line with The Little Schemer series of books (https://felleisen.org/matthias/BTLS-index.html) or maybe the little book of deep learning (https://fleuret.org/francois/lbdl.html)?

leocyesterday at 11:45 PM

Most likely not: “The Little Book of …” has been a publisher’s standby since the nineteenth century (at least).

reader9274yesterday at 11:57 PM

Love that masterpiece

selectivelyyesterday at 11:33 PM

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