Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site dartvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: net.music,net.books Subject: Re: computer books Message-ID: <2722@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 26-Jan-85 18:16:16 EST Article-I.D.: dartvax.2722 Posted: Sat Jan 26 18:16:16 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Jan-85 05:18:44 EST References: <427@asburypark.ROCK> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.music:5849 net.books:1311 > Maybe you folks can help settle an ongoing arguement. Bruce says that James > Martin's books are classics right up there with the Ivan Flores series. I > say Bruce is wrong. Neither of us have had alot of formal cs courses ( I > had a courses on introduction to the world of computers at Atlantic City > Community College while Bruce did advanced RPG II ). I still think that > Wirth writes better books than either Flores or Martin. Besides didn't > Wirth get a prize for computers or something? > > :wq *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Yes, he did. However, he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket and played almost no musical instruments and what is this doing in net.music? -- "The backstroke." Peter Merchant "Oh do shut up."