This is normal behaviour isn't it? I don't even want to think about the books, programming and otherwise, that I've got hoarded. I was going through a box that was in a cabinet in our library here at the house a few weeks ago and ran across a bunch of old MS QuickBASIC programming books. With them were old Peter Norton assembly language manuals, PC BIOS books, etc. It was a wrench, but I did force myself to throw those away as they are of absolutely no use anymore; all of them pre-dated Windows 3.

I think that hanging on to books is a normal thing to do. As you mention, you might need them someday. In some ways I think that hackers (in the old meaning of the term) are much like farmers. We don't throw anything out because we never know when some little piece of information or hardware may come in useful. How many of us have used books to help level out an equipment cabinet or such-like? I have, several times.

So no. Don't worry about being thought unusual, except by those of the great unwashed.

Just my $.02,
Ron

In reply to Re: Hording books and manuals. by morleron
in thread Hording books and manuals. by Marza

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