On Tuesday 29 July 2003 15:09, Amin Abbaspour wrote: > All, > > >However when it comes to GNU software, there is really little > > incentive to spend hard earned cash on a book. Because the FSF > > publishes high-quality documentation for GNU software, straight > > from the horse's mounth. > > I had no dought Aryan, you will say this, cuz you have never been a > real developer who deals with live code. > > What you find on the web makes a kid full of pride, and what is > earned through a book, makes a man a developer.
Well Amin, I said that I generaly agree with what you said! Why did you delete this part: > I generaly agree. Nothing is like a hard copy book, that you can feel > it, and touch it, and sleep with it :-) No online manual can compete > with a good well-designe book. (It seems that even when I agree with you guys, you don't want me to do so !!!). Anyway, but having said that, I again stress that GNU is a special case. In case you do not know Amin, there is a dedicated section of the GNU project called "GNU Press" which publishes well-designed high quality books, about GNU programs. Books of "GNU Press" are both published hard-copy, and online. You can buy the hard-copy from usuall places like Amazon, and you can read the online version free of charge -- online !!. In a nutshell, I agree that online manuals and articles are no substitute for good books. However when it comes to GNU programs, high quality books (those which make a developer) are already available for free, so I see little incentive to buy anything else. That was what I said Amin. Please do not misquote my sentences. And BTW, me not being a developer, doesn't mean that I am not able to find/recommend books about GCC. Cheers -- /* This time I will try to put something nice here !!! */ Aryan Ameri _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran
