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http://hentenaar.com/dont-learn-c-the-wrong-way http://hentenaar.com/dont-learn-c-the-wrong-way

• pan69 12y ago
  I think the article of this author is pedantic. The articles written by Shaw will show how to create programs with a specific language such as C, Ruby or Python and the C version is, of course, no substitute for the K&R book. The K&R book tells you all the ins and outs of the C language. The Shaw article gives you a practical way to build a program with the C language. I would assume that an experienced programmer, such as the writer of this article seems the be, would understand this.
• cushychicken 12y ago
  This guy encloses about 3 valid criticisms (the one about makefiles foremost among them) in a huge, dogmatic screed of nitpicks that he just assumes people will read and think "he's wrong he's wrong he's WRONG" about Zed.
• jacobolus 12y ago
  This critique is completely incoherent. I read the first half, and I still have no idea what the author’s point is. Most of it seems to be pedantic complaints stemming from the author’s overly literal interpretation and incomprehension of Zed’s sometimes ironic writing style.
• yarrel 12y ago
  Author writes review criticising book for misleading readers. Adds later note inline to explain that he really does know what he's talking about, and any accusations that he doesn't are either pedantic or comprehensively challenged. Fails to reflect on how this may relate to the subject of the review.
• youngtaff 12y ago
  The reviewer fails to understand Zed's approach to teaching… His approach is that new developers need to get something that works so the reward of it working is motivating before you explain how/why it works to them. Based on my experiences with my kids I think it's a perfectly valid approach - an led that turns on motivates them to understand why it turns on.