This manual is addressed to a diverse audience:

• educators looking for a teaching manual for their “Introduction to programming” class;
• computer users who would like to learn how to automate some of their everyday tasks;
• computer users who would like to acquaint themselves with the basics of programming in order to move to a full-fledged programming language;
• Praat users who understand acoustics and use Praat regularly but are unable/unwilling to process extensive amounts of data manually;
• students of English literature whose professor suggested this book as a master class in literary expression;
• aspiring stand-up comedians;
• chill people looking for something to do while sipping on their boba tea.

In other words, you should read this book if you definitely want to:

• gain confidence in order to start programming;
• gain time in your everyday life;
• have a laugh;
• understand what is “under the hood” (how programs work, where they come from);
• offer a comprehensive, easy-to-understand teaching manual for your classes.