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From: jqj@cornell.UUCP (J Q Johnson)
Newsgroups: net.dcom
Subject: Re: TCP/IP sits on a LAN
Message-ID: <981@cornell.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 13:21:47 EDT
Article-I.D.: cornell.981
Posted: Tue Oct  8 13:21:47 1985
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References: <9@dolphy.UUCP> <626@petrus.UUCP>
Reply-To: jqj@cornell.UUCP (J Q Johnson)
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Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept.
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Summary: 

In article <626@petrus.UUCP> karn@petrus.UUCP (Phil R. Karn) writes:
>For an entertaining discussion of this topic, see the chapter in Padlipsky's
>book "The Elements of Networking Style" entitled "Slaying the TCP-On-A-LAN
>Woozle".

Don't buy that book!  Anyone writing a book entitled "The Elements of
...  Style" should heed Will Strunk's dictum "vigorous writing is
concise.  Omit needless words."  On that basis, Padlipsky's book would
be about 10 pages long.  He is a tedious writer, far more concerned with 
his own ego and with what he thinks (wrongheadedly) to be a cute style
than with the subject matter.  Granted, he occasionally does have a 
few useful observations on networking, but they are so buried in the 
chaff that they are almost totally lost.

Conclusion:  it's not worth spending your money on.  It should never have
been published.  If you REALLY want to buy it, I'll be happy to sell you
my copy at 1/2 list price, since it offends me so.