Which languages to cover is an interesting question in this day and age. Should a book like this strive for completeness, or should it exclude topics that are

Which languages to cover is an interesting question in this day and age. Should a book like this strive for completeness, or should it exclude topics that are well-treated elsewhere? I doubt they got any new stuff out of Bjarne Stroustrop, Guido, or Larry Wall. The images of Java and C# are professionally managed, so talking to their creators seems likely to produce the same old party lines. I'll definitely buy it for the other chapters, though.