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From: Tom Wheeley <[e-mail]>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c,comp.object,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Q: Is Microsoft's Visual C & SDK best for developing c progs f W 3.11
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 20:57:12 GMT
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In article <4ji9b0$[e-mail]> [e-mail] "Ell" writes:

> I like both.  There is nothing like having an "easy laying" book open in
> plain view to guide you, imo.  Also the alphabetical oriented table of
> contents in MS on-line docs, bites, because things are not group together
> logically.  Why they do not organize on-line docs as a mirror of the
> book docs really escapes me.  My .02 cents.

That's true.  In days gone by when I wrote in VB, there was this `de facto'
standard book for writing to the Windows API.  That was grouped into logical
sections, so I would read up on the functions I wanted, then perhaps wander on
reading around it.

I learnt far much more by reading the rest of the section like that.  Ok, so
it is possible with the hyperlinks on the on-line help, but it's not the same.
You also get some nice useful bits of prose in books, which you never get in
on-line docs.

.splitbung
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