Use of first person in a book

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Jeremie Pelletier <jeremiep at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> What the first person does to me is make it easier to make links with
>> authors since it makes it much easier to convey emotion, the third person
>> just sounds like a robot making statements. I know there isn't much room for
>> emotions in programming books as opposed to the general roman, but there is
>> still a lot of passion to convey, programming IS an art after all!
> 
> I think why's Poignant Guide to Ruby seriously bucks THAT trend ;) Of
> course why just up and deleted everything a month or two ago, so
> getting your hands on it isn't quite as easy as it once was..

(For those not in the know: if you have trouble parsing the above 
sentences, please note that "why" is actually used as a proper noun. 
It's the self-chosen nickname of a former Ruby big wig.)

I think I need to give a read to that book, although I've heard it's 
rather controversial due to the gratuitous sexual references.


Andrei