Bartlett says most programming books pass over the difficult topics and leave readers wondering how computers really work. Here he takes readers on a journey from knowing nothing about programming to understanding how to think, write, and learn like programmers difficult topics included. He uses the standard GNU/Linux tool set for his examples, but his goal is to produce programmers who can work in any platform, with any language. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)