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Subject: Re: Re: c++ reading list
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Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 14:56:17 EST
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hrh@well.UUCP (Harry Henderson) writes:
> The Waite Group and Sams Publications will be publishing a collection
> called *The UNIX Papers* in late spring. 

I really can't let this go by.

DISCLAIMER:  I do not intend to disparage the skills or qualifications
of Mr. Henderson.

About 6 months ago I reviewed another book published by the Waite
Group, this time with Brady Communications.  My review is contained in
the February issue of Computing Reviews.  My (stated) impression was
that the book was a ripoff - that it conveyed little useful information
and its overall quality was so bad as to be harmful to its target
audience.  I've never seen any other Waite Group books, but from the
only data point I have they seem to take no interest in the quality of
what they publish.

Conclusion:  I believe that if *The UNIX Papers* is to be a good book,
it will be so solely due to the efforts of Mr. Henderson.  Any book
published by the Waite Group should be examined carefully due to
possibly extreme variations in quality.

    Ken Shrum
    hpldola!kens

    (Yes, I'm aware of a factual error which I made in the review -
     forgetting that ANSI C supports passing structs by value and
     struct-valued functions.  The statements in the review still
     stand.)