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1. Every book on computers, or anything technical should read this guys blog before they get fire up the word processor. 2. My biggest gripe about 99.9% of C
by marincounty 13y ago
1. Every book on computers, or anything technical should read this guys blog before they get fire up the word processor.
2. My biggest gripe about 99.9% of COmputer programming
books are: They are long. They are poorly written. They
read like a telephone books.
3. I once heard one famous programmer state, I won't read a
programming book with more than 500 pages. I think
he was off by 400 pages?
4. I truly believe if you take 80% of words out of most
books; it would make learning a subject easier.
- Ziomislaw 13y agowriters get paid per word, still wondering why 80% of book has no substance?
- gcr 13y agoPeter Van der Linden included a recipe for Oobleck¹ on the last few pages of "Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets". It's right after the Phony C++ Job Interview Answer Key and right before the paragraph-long rant about Dr Seuss's influence on the software engineering profession. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-newtonian_fluid#Oobleck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-newtonian_fluid#Oobleck
- Willyfrog 13y agoI have a similar one, I don't buy a book with more than 200 pages, as I'm unlikely to read it.