Name: Anonymous 2011-02-25 21:35
For most programmers the important concepts are the ones they get paid for.
For textbook authors it's the concepts that the schools ordering their textbooks want to teach.
For lecturers it's the ones to be tested on in the curriculum.
For computer scientists it's the one they judge important to intellectual foundations of the subject.
For non-textbook programming book authors, it's the concepts for which they think there is the greatest market for explanations of those concepts.
For open source or recreational programmers, it's the ones that make their day.
You can be pretty sure that for every concept in the book, someone thinks it's important.
For textbook authors it's the concepts that the schools ordering their textbooks want to teach.
For lecturers it's the ones to be tested on in the curriculum.
For computer scientists it's the one they judge important to intellectual foundations of the subject.
For non-textbook programming book authors, it's the concepts for which they think there is the greatest market for explanations of those concepts.
For open source or recreational programmers, it's the ones that make their day.
You can be pretty sure that for every concept in the book, someone thinks it's important.