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From: thom@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (Thom Gillespie)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: comp.edu.books
Keywords: books
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Date: 29 May 90 23:28:50 GMT
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I think that the idea of a comp.edu.book is a good idea but I'm wondering what
the definition of a computer science book will be. I review technical books and
software for a couple of magazines and I have about 200 hundred books that I've
been sent in the last 3 months. They range from more than I ever want to know
about wordperfect-dbase-123 through DOS system programming and The Printer
Bible all the way to Programming in C++ & Computer Security Risk Management.
There is a lot out there and it isn't clear to me what belongs where. I have no
problem with discussing what ever anyone wants whether it's Assembler or macro
programming in wordperfect -- assembler is easier -- but I wonder what everone
else feels.

I was very happy to see PH's catalog on the net. I have a file cabinet drawer
which is bursting due to all the catalogs I'm sent.

There is also the funny line between  books  and    books with disks    and
disks with books     and   disks without books. It all has to do with
information or education but the format varies along with the usefulness for
different people.

--Thom Gillespie