Re: Opinions about a book

On 4 May, 21:19, nembo kid <nembo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> What do you think about the following book:
>
> C How to Program, 5/E
> (Harvey & Paul) Deitel & Associates, Inc.
>
>
<http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/0,3110,01324...>

I haven't actually read it , only browsed it at a
bookstore and it may have been an earlier edition
so take my opinion with a large grain of salt.

The one thing that stood out for me was the number
and quality of exercises. Apart from the "self-contained"
exercises there are others which form a sequence
from chapter to chapter where you use what you
learned at the latest chapter to add extra features to a
programme which you started on a previous chapter.
If you follow such a sequence of exercises to the end
you will end up with a fairly sophisticated programme.

Personally I have no difficulty coming up with exercises
or projects of my own when I'm learning a new language
but from the questions we get here every now and again
other people do so the abundance and quality of exercises
in this book is a big plus in my opinion.

I also liked the tips and pitfalls scattered throughout the
book and the overall presentation with that comics
figure from the cover appearing inside.

I consider it an advantage that it covers a ****table games
library because many more people will learn C with the
purpose of writing games or at least doing graphics
rather than writing command line utilities.

I don't like the fact that it goes into C++ because it
creates the impression that the natural place to go
after C is C++. Threads we have seen here with
titles like "Why haven't you switched to C++?" or
something similar indicate that many people share
such an impression and it's a major annoyance of
mine.

Apart from that it looks like a good book.