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From: johnm@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: The Waite Groups's C++ programming
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Date: 28 Sep 88 23:31:00 GMT
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>I have recently started reading "The Waite Group's C++ programming" and
>have the following suggestion to the beginning C++ users:
>
>	Do not believe all the examples - follow your common sense.
>	Some of the examples are bugged and will never work or even
>	compile.
>
>	Do not rely on this book to provide you with all the information
>	needed to successfuly create C++ code. The book is incomplete and
>	in some places very vague.
>
>Why don't authors follow an accepted practice of actually trying to compile
>their examples before incuding them in the main text?

This particular author (John Berry) has a history of this.  His Waite book
on programming the Amiga with C is a real mess due to just this exact thing.
Examples that don't work, poor coding style, etc.

What I am surprised at is that Waite is willing to accept his work.  Considering
the number of C books that they publish it seems that they would have all work
go through some kind of review process that quickly reveal that Mr. Berry just
does not have enough C knowledge to go around writing books for others on the
subject.

John Munsch
"The above in no way reflects the views of my company"