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 [List of free programming books](http://resrc.io/list/10/list-of-free-programming-books/)
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-This list initially was a clone of [stackoverflow - List of freely available programming books](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books/392926#392926) by George Stocker.
+This list initially was a clone of [stackoverflow - List of freely available programming books](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books/392926#392926) by George Stocker. Now updated, with dead links gone (hopefully) and new content.
 Moved to GitHub for collaborative updating and for the purpose of reSRC.io : [List of free programming books](http://resrc.io/list/10/list-of-free-programming-books/).
 
 ###Contributing