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> click on the “books” tab - the author is a technologist That's rather underselling him. Charles Petzold wrote the canonical reference works for programming W
by timthorn 7mo ago
> click on the “books” tab - the author is a technologist
That's rather underselling him. Charles Petzold wrote the canonical reference works for programming Win32 and MFC.
It's like calling Donald Knuth a lecturer.
- sd9 7mo agoApologies, I wasn’t familiar with his work.
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- sd9 7mo agoNot sure what you're trying to say. I'm not arguing from authority. I'm just a guy giving my opinion. That's what comment sections are for.
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- sd9 7mo agoI'm familiar with the subject matter. I'm not familiar with the author. I love classical music. I've been singing in a choir since I was 7, playing the piano since the same age, and compose music myself (https://youtu.be/7Tex-OUk6ZM https://youtu.be/7Tex-OUk6ZM). I’m actually on my way to church right now to sing some Howells. I use Spotify every day I use AI every day I have enough familiarity with the subject to have an opinion and express it. I'm sorry that I haven't read the author's book.
- ctxc 7mo agoYou're not wrong. If comment sections were restricted to people who knew the subject matter AND the author, it would be empty indeed.
- scrollop 7mo agoSnobbish and elitist defined.
- santoshalper 7mo agoI love classical music, and I am convinced that 90% of the reason people think they don't is because of people like the Charles Petzold. Deriving your self worth from being an enjoyer of art that someone else created is the high pretention.
- paradox460 7mo agoI've learned, sometimes through hard periods of self reflection, that attempting qualitative evaluation of others choice in music is a fools errand. To put it bluntly, and quote Duke Ellington, by way of Peter Schickele, if if it sounds good, it is good
- sutterd 7mo agoI was surprised to see a post by Petzold on this subject. I know who he is. But I don’t think you owe an apology here. I think you made a thoughtful comment. A post like his should be critiqued for what it says, not for the author’s previous work. And, fortunately, other people could give context on the significant work he has done.
- ahoka 7mo agoThe MF what?
- rrr_oh_man 7mo agoFor the curious: > Microsoft provides two frameworks for developing Windows applications: MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) and Win32. MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) is a Microsoft framework for developing Windows applications in the C++ programming language. Win32 is a collection of functions and data structures provided by Microsoft for the development of Windows applications. [0] [0] https://www.tutorialspoint.com/article/difference-between-mfc-and-win32 https://www.tutorialspoint.com/article/difference-between-mf...
- okanat 7mo agoThat's old info. Now there is also .NET Framework, .NET (Core), C++/WinRT and more. In the end all of them use either pure Win32 APIs or COM APIs including MFC.
- OJFord 7mo agoHis 'Annotated Turing' (a reproduction of On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem, with explanation and walk-through) got me into CS vs. prior interest mainly in EE.
- jrmg 7mo agoHis book ‘Code’ is his masterpiece, IMO. It’s a tour de force in technical communication. A fascinating book for both the Computer Science novice and expert.
- tambourine_man 7mo ago“Code” is one of the best books I’ve ever read. I don’t usually read 500 page books but this one flew. Even if you know most of what’s being discussed it’s such a delightful ride.