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- From: hasdi@news-server.engin.umich.edu (HASDI RODZMANN HASHIM)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: "Avoid K&R" (says AOL)
- Date: 14 Jan 1996 04:32:43 GMT
- Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
- Message-ID: <4da11b$m6a@srvr1.engin.umich.edu>
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- Bob Nelson (bnelson@netcom.com) wrote:
- : While flames against individual AOL subscribers (simply for having
- : aol.com in the address) are unjust -- I can't help but question why
- : a service renders this disservice to its subscribers.
-
- I used to be in AOL once. I left cos the university gives the students
- great internet access. To quote my roommate, "there's nothing in AOL you
- can't get from netscape". At any rate...
-
- : ---------- From AOL's C/C++ recommended reading list ----------
- : BOOKS TO BE AWARE OF
- : Avoid the K & R C Language book, as well as the Stroustrup C++ Programming
- : Language book. These books were written to set a standard for developers
- : of the language. They make awful tutorials, are hard to read, and
- : generally just discourage the novice programmer. They are however good
- : to win bar bets if you hang out at a programmer's bar.
-
- I don't think this something to get excited about. I would tell my friends
- that some thing if they want to pick up C/C++. I would probably add that
- it would make a good reference in the future. I don't think the above
- reflects AOL's stance. The author probably forgot to some smileys here and
- there. :) :) :)
-
- Just my 2 cents.
-
- Hasdi
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