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From: dlw@odi.UUCP (Dan Weinreb)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Needed : Recommendations for C++ texts for beginner
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Date: 17 Apr 89 22:37:48 GMT
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In-reply-to: ark@alice.UUCP's message of 16 Apr 89 15:12:52 GMT

> Imagine a linear algebra package with Matrix and Vector classes.

All I meant was that I didn't think students in an *introductory* o-o
programming course would be writing such a linear algebra package.
Naturally it depends on the intensity of the course.  A complete C++
course should certainly teach about the friend feature, but not right
at the beginning.  I don't think we're really disagreeing.

-- Dan Weinreb    Object Design, Inc.   odi!dlw@talcott.harvard.edu