Use of first person in a book

[Jeremie Pelletier]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 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

Controversy is sometimes good for its free publicity. Besides if people 
get offended by what they read, its their own fault, not the author's.