On Wednesday 30 July 2003 14:51, Aryan Ameri wrote: > 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
Any information about GCC is welcome, personal response to Amin, Abbas, ... or to Aryan not. Thanks, Arash -- The FarsiKDE Project www.farsikde.org _______________________________________________ bna-linuxiran mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bna-linuxiran
