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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Path: uu4news.netcom.com!zodiac!szh
- From: szh@zcon.com (Syed Zaeem Hosain)
- Subject: Re: Schildt <- Advanced Books
- Message-ID: <1996Mar10.174349.7447@zcon.com>
- Sender: szh@zcon.com (Syed Zaeem Hosain)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: zodiac
- Reply-To: szh@zcon.com
- Organization: Z Consulting Group
- References: <danpop.826305987@rscernix>
- Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 17:43:49 GMT
-
- In article <danpop.826305987@rscernix>, danpop@mail.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:
- >I'd stay away from any book which has untested examples. We are all
- >human and we all make mistakes, but any serious author will, at least,
- >compile his examples to be sure they're correct and will introduce the
- >source code directly into the "manuscript", to be sure that no typo could
- >find its way in.
-
- Very true, indeed! Which is why I also try to test my short programs
- that I respond with in this newsgroup (when I show code examples that
- is) and show the results. Else I clearly mention that the code is
- untested and may have flaws. It leads to less errors and less
- confusion.
-
- Z
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