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I think that from "I spent about a decade on the C committee—and [2] unlike Schildt, I actually showed up [..]" we can assume that he has some kind of history w
by Bjoern 16y ago
I think that from "I spent about a decade on the C committee—and [2] unlike Schildt, I actually showed up [..]" we can assume that he has some kind of history with the person in question [1].
Peter seems also to get quite some share of hate mail [3].
Despite all that and the tone of the book review I think he is quite right about the bad quality of the book.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writings_of_Herbert_Schildt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writings_of_Herbert_Schildt
[2] Peter Seebach, http://www.seebs.net/res-w.html http://www.seebs.net/res-w.html
[3] http://www.seebs.net/humor/hate.html http://www.seebs.net/humor/hate.html
- nphase 16y ago[3] oddly reminds me of bash.org
- DanielBMarkham 16y agoI spent about a decade on the C committee I know this sounds mean, but whenever they say they spent a decade on a committee, I can almost guarantee you that the next thing they say will be true yet inconsequential. I say this because I have done my share of proof-reading C and C++ books. And there are a lot of errors. But that's not the worst of it. The worst books don't teach you anything, are full of errors, and the author continues to try to impress you with his work on the standards. The best books teach you and have a few errors that you will figure out on your own. (I got into the proof-reading and writing biz years ago for a couple of years. How? By writing a letter about how book X was so full of mistakes it was unreadable. So I speak from experience)