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
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+---------------------------------------------------------------+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
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