ehrlich@cs.psu.edu (Daniel Ehrlich) (09/19/89)
Has anyone seen (or read) the book mentioned in the subject line? I just got this months Library of Computer and Information Science offerings. Before jumping in and sending them $60 (it does come with a floppy of code for the examples) I would like to hear some comments. Thanks in advance. -- Dan Ehrlich <ehrlich@cs.psu.edu> | "A message is not a message until the The Pennsylvania State University | rules for interpreting it are in the Department of Computer Science | hands of the reciever." University Park, PA 16802 | --Apollo Belvedere Smith
smikes@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (steven.mikes) (09/21/89)
I think the price of the book is a bit on the high side, (although I shouldn't talk, mine is going to sell for about $35!) Why would you want to get the "floppy"? Presumably, you are working on a workstation that is incompatible with an IBM PC floppy, and anyway, the code in the book, although it is plentiful, is not terribly useful. (At least not as useful as some of the code examples in the Douglas Young book.) Besides, if you simply copy the examples from a file on disk you won't get as much retention as you would if you copied them in by hand into an editor; this is almost like writing the program yourself. The book is pretty thorough, it covers all the basics of XLIB programming with simple examples. If you order only the book it will cost you $29.95 (list price on back of book) - just call 1-800-MANUALS. I think this book is a good addition to anyone's collection of X Books. Steve