hd@cft.philips.nl (Henk D. Davids @ PMSN) (08/14/89)
[Just posting for a friend - see e-mail below...] On page 76 in the August 1989 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal, MIS:PRESS advertises some books on C++. The ones that I am interested in are: "C++ for Expert Systems" by David Hu and "User Interfaces in C++ and Object-Oriented Programming" by Mark Goodwin. Has anyone seen (AND read) these books ? Are they good ? Are they worth all the $$$ ? Please E-mail me your expert opinion. I will summarize to the net if it turns out to be necessary. Thanks, Jac PHILIPS Medical Systems Nederland B.V. Ing. J.G.M. van den Goor department SWE-MTT building QP-0117 P.O. Box 10000 5680 DA Best NETHERLANDS Phone: +31-40-762353 E-mail: prlb2!prlb!jvdgoor-mswe-decnet +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | In my opinion my opinion is just my opinion; or am I wrong ? | | What's your opinion ? I'm sure there IS-A related opinion, or | | someone who HAS-A opinion on this...........................! | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
marc@mercury.sybase.com (I am Marc E. Strohwig) (08/15/89)
I have read several books on OOPS and C++ and I'm sad to say I found 'User Interfaces in C++ and Object Oriented Programming' my least favorite. In my view the Book is little more than a bound set of C++ sources to a simple windowing system accompanied by a users guide. Of ~390 pages: 0 detail what OOPS is, 13 pages describe how the PC's display controller is setup, 25 pages give .asm listing and review MASM coding, 98 pages deal with C++ source to the windowing system, 37 pages list the source to a simple ledger using the windowing system and the remainder of the book is taken by appendix A & B which provide a user guide to the windowing system and a listing of the PC BIOS video services. No where is the OOPS paradigm or C++ philosphy event touched on. Thanx, _Marc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We don't guarantee, any work caused by or arising out of the failure of the owner to comply with instructions or recommendations." Marc E. Strohwig - "Opinions ?? Mine, mine, mine!!" Sybase, Inc. marc@sybase.com Emeryville, CA {pacbell, lll-tis, pyramid,sun}!sybase!marc