Paul Herring wrote: > On Feb 5, 2008 11:35 AM, Nuno Berneaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > >> By the way, I've read that the reviled Herb Schildt is part of the ANSI >> comittee. If his reputation is so bad (and apparently his books fail to >> adhere >> to ANSI), what's he doing there???? > > Learning? ;) > > For the interested, past and current committee memberships (and a > dodgy photo of Schildt) here: http://www.herbschildt.com/abouths.htm
"Most programmers own at least one Herb Schildt book, and many have a shelf full! In fact, Herb's books are so widely used that it has been said that he taught a generation of programmers to program....He is also an expert Windows programmer." He may have taught a generation to program and may be a programmer himself. However, while this group's aim is to teach C/C++, we should also focus on becoming software developers. There is a significant difference between a programmer and a software developer. I'm probably an expert programmer but I consider that to be meaningless. If the software I make doesn't make sense to _users_, then I might as well not have even bothered to write it. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
