Older texts don't seem to be that relevant anymore. These days, we use far
fewer key strokes to produce something far simpler, intended to appeal to a
wider audience that seems to struggle with anything too complex. The same
could be said for the VB6 and java texts :)
David
"If we can hit that
>
> Recycling is probably more environmentally friendly than fires or
> landfill. Some old paper stuff – Beethoven’s manuscripts for example, are
> probably worth a lot of money. VB6 or Java books, not so much J
>
I'm pleased you're suggesting that VB6 will *not* have historical respect
equal to
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Subject: Re: [OT] Old books
Haha was hoping to avoid that if possible. Surely someone has a use for them.
Or maybe n
Anything general like design patterns or database design should have some
interest at colleges or libraries
On Saturday, 20 February 2016, Tom P wrote:
> Does any one here know what I can do with old programming books? I
> inherited most from family and friends and most are
Sadly, I also did a purge a few months ago and 40kg of once impressive IT
tomes are now landfill. It's just the way of things now -- *Greg*
On 20 February 2016 at 09:53, Tom P wrote:
> Haha was hoping to avoid that if possible. Surely someone has a use for
> them. Or maybe
Haha was hoping to avoid that if possible. Surely someone has a use for
them. Or maybe not lol
On Saturday, 20 February 2016, Craig van Nieuwkerk
wrote:
> Winter is coming, they are good in the fire.
>
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Tom P
Winter is coming, they are good in the fire.
On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Tom P wrote:
> Does any one here know what I can do with old programming books? I
> inherited most from family and friends and most are quite old, maybe 10-20
> years old. MFC c++, .Net 2.0, vb6,
Does any one here know what I can do with old programming books? I
inherited most from family and friends and most are quite old, maybe 10-20
years old. MFC c++, .Net 2.0, vb6, Java and so on.
--
Thanks
Tom