>That would be a perfectly valid response to the claim that the book "is very clear and friendly for non-coders".
no it wouldn't because it would be vacuously misplaced because there is no such book that aims to teach programming (friendly or not) and doesn't have code.
I am absolutely getting you. The person you responded to did not make the claim that such a book exists. He challenged the idea that the book in question is an example of such a book.
>That would be a perfectly valid response to the claim that the book "is very clear and friendly for non-coders".
no it wouldn't because it would be vacuously misplaced because there is no such book that aims to teach programming (friendly or not) and doesn't have code.