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In 1996, Barnes and Nobel was flooded with huge volumes like "Learn C in 21 Days" and "Effective Bash Programming." These books had 6-10 authors and were basic
by brg 13y ago
In 1996, Barnes and Nobel was flooded with huge volumes like "Learn C in 21 Days" and "Effective Bash Programming." These books had 6-10 authors and were basically printed on newspaper, and were absolutely horrible. These sat next to Computer Shopper and high quality books like K&R and the red book.
- wyclif 13y agoI know what you mean, Borders did the same thing. But whenever someone mentions "The Red Book", I always wonder whether they're talking about the OpenGL Programming Guide or the PostScript Language Reference.
- bitwize 13y agoDOD Security Standards. Also known as the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On A Shelf.
- chaz 13y ago1996? Half the books were probably permutations on "Learn Java in 21 Days."
- Joeri 13y agoIIRC, the most common 21 days type books were about visual basic, delphi, c++ and java. I learned all 4 in that order in the 90's, but thankfully i had better books. Not that today's books are that much better. Pick up a php book sometime, they're even worse than php itself is.