Trap when using Random() ... make sure it is not being changed tooquickly

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: Trap when using Random() ... make sure it is not being changed too quickly

raylopez99 <raylopez99@yah oo.comwrote:

I hope it's also a tutorial too, not just a reference book.

I'm not sure I'd call it a tutorial as such, but it's far from just a
reference book.

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I hope it's not one of those "philosophi cal" books that waxes
eloquently about the wonders of parallel programming without actually
showing much.

No, definitely not. You'll see a *lot* of detail.

BTW your book on advanced C# 3.0 is borderline like
this--it talks a lot about the history and evolution of C#3 from #2,
#1--which is OK but not really what I am looking for when learning the
language (after I've mastered it, it's another story). But your book
is useful and I'm reading it slowly everyday--your Appendix A on Linq,
like you've said, is very good. It's just now a keeper compared to,
say, Albahari et al's C# book, which is amazingly packed with
information. Still, for $20 bucks what you do expect? It's better
than nothing. I usually keep only half the books I buy--the rest I
read once and trash. I like your publisher's decision to make the
book available in keyword searchable PDF format, which means I can
index it using Google desktop and refer to key phrases later on.

Well, I'm glad you like Nutshell - so do I.

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[raylopez99]

Re: Trap when using Random() ... make sure it is not being changedtoo quickly

Jon Skeet [ C# MVP ] wrote:

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Well, I'm glad you like Nutshell - so do I.
>

Yes, it's quite good. Every book has it's place. Some, like yours, I
read once to learn (though I have ripped out the Appendix A which I
use as a cheat sheet for Linq). Others, like Albahari's Nutshell, I
refer to daily. Others, like the receipe book and Judith Bishop's
Gang of Four design templates for C# book, you read once in a blue
moon just for solving a specific problem. Then you have specialty
books like that fat one on Linq that you reviewed recently--just to
drill down more. It's all good and cheap--where else can you get
expert instruction for just $20 or so? Even your colleagues cannot be
bothered for that cheap I would wager (plus you don't want to ask
them, since it might look like you don't know what you're doing).

I like this board too--a very good resource.

Back to coding....(I'm doing some graphics stuff ...which is full of
tricks....I'm developing a board game...)

RL