On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, mulix wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2002, b g wrote:
>
> > Tom Swan's C++ and "Thinking in C++" by B.Eckel (great book!!!)
>
> that one (tic++) is available on line, along with thinking in java and
> thinking in patterns, and maybe also thinking in python (been awhile
> since i browsed eckel's website). excellent books indeed.
>
> on a general note, i always found computer books with titles such as
> these:
>
> gar unleashed
> using foo
> teach yourself cobol in 24 seconds
> complete guide to spamming
> foobar for morongs
>
> sorely lacking. on the other hand, anything by adison wesley, oreilly or
> prentic hall is usually a very good buy. ymmv.
I would not say that anything by O'Reilly, etc. is a very good buy. For
instance, I don't see the point of buying an entire book just to learn
"Sed and Awk". And I bet that it would be redundant to buy some of
their Perl books. Don't get me wrong, their books are usually very
professional and all, but they are sometimes too specific.
If we take the second edition of the mailing lists managers books. It does
not cover Ezmlm or GNU Mailman. I administer a few Ezmlm mailing lists on
iglu.org.il and these are the only two MLMs which I'd like to use. So why
should I buy it?
Same for a A-W, P-H: usually professional books, but they many times don't
interest you.
As for the Unleashed, Teach yourself, etc. Those books are obviously
intended for a less professional crowd who wishes to become familiar with
a given technology as quickly as possible, while being made aware of all
the caveats it contains. Some of them are actually pretty good, although
expert hackers may find them too slow-paced. (how to create a button...
how to create a listbox... how to create a combo-box...)
My problem is that I have an on-demand way of learning something new. What
I mean is that I use a sub-set of the technology and when I need more, or
feel that something is missing, I learn it by looking for info on the web.
That's not the best way of mastering something, but I seem to like it.
Besides, I'm almost sure nobody uses the whole of C++, Perl, Common Lisp,
etc. Those languages have so much redundency over Turing Completeness,
that using a subset will not hurt too much. ;-)
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
There is no IGLU Cabal! They are now spending their time writing
"Hacking as a State of Mind" which will be a comprehensive book (all right
- a comprehensive volume set) which will teach everything there is to know
about computing and more. They plan to become millionaires by selling it
which will make many older attempts obsolete.
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