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- From: worrick@csws2.ic.sunysb.edu (William Orrick)
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- Subject: Re: Neural Nets and C++
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.020053.10113@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
- Date: 14 Nov 92 02:00:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.143827.28387@cs.brown.edu> pcm@cs.brown.edu (Peter C. McCluskey) writes:
- >In article <1dqlioINN4ni@NYAYA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU>, tsioutsias-dimitris@cs.yale.edu (Dimitris Ioannis Tsioutsias) writes:
- >|> What is the opinion of those of you that have looked into Blum's
- >|> book "Neural Nets and C++" ? Is it worth buying it ? Thanks,
- >
- > It might be of some use to beginners. It is nearly useless for anybody
- >who already knows something about neural nets.
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
- > >> Peter McCluskey >> pcm@cs.brown.edu >> Reunite Gondwanaland!
- >----------------------------------------------------------------------
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- As a beginner who did buy the book I would add that it was not very
- useful to me either. The code in the back of the book bug-ridden and
- the text provides little detailed information to help with the theory
- or the running of the programs.
-
- Will Orrick
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