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  • nembo kid
    #1

    Why Deitel's book should be bad?

    According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not reccomended.

    I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.

    What do you think about this book?

    Thanks in advance.
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    • Ivan Novick
      #2
      Re: Why Deitel's book should be bad?

      On Jul 6, 5:53 am, nembo kid <nembo@kidwrote :
      According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not reccomended.
      >
      I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.
      >
      What do you think about this book?
      >
      Thanks in advance.
      Its totally fine. There are some other highly recommended books out
      there like Stroustrup 's which are bit more respected by industry
      veterans.

      Regards,
      Ivan Novick
      http://www.mycppquiz.com

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        • Default User
          #3
          Re: Why Deitel's book should be bad?

          nembo kid wrote:
          According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not reccomended.
          >
          I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.
          The very first line of the review:

          "What strikes me most about this book is that, in contrast to many
          other texts revised or written after the release of the latest
          standard, Deitel and Deitel appear to have made no effort to update
          their material to reflect the new standard."


          That right there should be an automatic not recommended in almost
          anyone's review. Why would you not want to learn standard C++?





          Brian

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            • Pete Becker
              #4
              Re: Why Deitel's book should be bad?

              On 2008-07-06 16:14:35 -0400, "Default User" <defaultuserbr@ yahoo.comsaid:
              nembo kid wrote:
              >
              >According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not reccomended.
              >>
              >I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.
              >
              The very first line of the review:
              >
              "What strikes me most about this book is that, in contrast to many
              other texts revised or written after the release of the latest
              standard, Deitel and Deitel appear to have made no effort to update
              their material to reflect the new standard."
              >
              >
              That right there should be an automatic not recommended in almost
              anyone's review. Why would you not want to learn standard C++?
              >
              That review is three editions out of date.

              --
              Pete
              Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd. (www.versatilecoding.com) Author of "The
              Standard C++ Library Extensions: a Tutorial and Reference
              (www.petebecker.com/tr1book)

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                • Jerry Coffin
                  #5
                  Re: Why Deitel's book should be bad?

                  In article <4870beef$0$181 53$4fafbaef@rea der3.news.tin.i t>, nembo@kid
                  says...
                  According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not reccomended.
                  >
                  I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.
                  >
                  What do you think about this book?
                  The 3rd edition is pretty old. I was at the bookstore today, however,
                  and took a look at the current (6th) edition of the same book. I
                  certainly didn't try to read the whole thing (well over 1000 pages) but
                  glancing through bits and pieces for 15 or 20 minutes did not leave a
                  particularly good impression. While better (for example) than any of the
                  Herbert Schildt books I've looked at, what I looked at wasn't exactly
                  great either. In almost every H.S. book I've glanced through, you could
                  open to a more or less random page and find at least one thing that was
                  clearly _wrong_. In this book I wouldn't say I saw anything that was
                  clearly wrong but a fair amount of what I saw wasn't particularly
                  _right_ either. The precepts of the examples weren't particularly
                  realistic, and the designs of the example classes were mediocre (at
                  least the ones I glanced at, which included a string class, a date class
                  and a hierarchy for employees, including derived classes for salaried
                  and commissioned employees).

                  While I wouldn't really recommend _against_ it, I think there are
                  substantially better books such as Francis Glassborrow's books for rank
                  beginners, and Accelerated C++ for anybody with prior experience. If
                  you're looking for a good book, there are better ways to spend your
                  money -- but if you already have it, you could do worse than reading it
                  and doing the exercises.

                  --
                  Later,
                  Jerry.

                  The universe is a figment of its own imagination.

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                    • Default User
                      #6
                      Re: Why Deitel's book should be bad?

                      Pete Becker wrote:
                      On 2008-07-06 16:14:35 -0400, "Default User"
                      <defaultuserbr@ yahoo.comsaid:
                      >
                      nembo kid wrote:
                      According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not
                      reccomended.
                      >
                      I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.
                      That right there should be an automatic not recommended in almost
                      anyone's review. Why would you not want to learn standard C++?
                      >
                      That review is three editions out of date.

                      But it's the one the OP asked about.



                      Brian

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                        • Diego Martins
                          #7
                          Re: Why Deitel's book should be bad?

                          On Jul 6, 6:02 pm, Pete Becker <p...@versatile coding.comwrote :
                          On 2008-07-06 16:14:35 -0400, "Default User" <defaultuse...@ yahoo.comsaid:
                          >
                          >
                          >
                          nembo kid wrote:
                          >
                          According to accu.org, Deitel's "How to program" is not reccomended.
                          >
                          I don't agree. I have the 3rd ed. and I find it ok.
                          >
                          The very first line of the review:
                          >
                          "What strikes me most about this book is that, in contrast to many
                          other texts revised or written after the release of the latest
                          standard, Deitel and Deitel appear to have made no effort to update
                          their material to reflect the new standard."
                          >
                          That right there should be an automatic not recommended in almost
                          anyone's review. Why would you not want to learn standard C++?
                          >
                          That review is three editions out of date.
                          and it is the most f***ing bloated book I've seen ever!

                          all Deitel books follow that heavy style :(

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