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David Harmon  
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 More options Sep 3 1999, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
From: sou...@netcom.com (David Harmon)
Date: 1999/09/03
Subject: Re: Newbie: Herbert Schildt
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 15:16:48 GMT in comp.lang.c++, surf4...@clubi.ie

(Killo) wrote:
>I recently borrowed the book"Teach yourself C++" by Herbert Schildt
>from a library as that is one of the only books in C++ (I live in
>Ireland).  Should I bring it back and not read it, are his books
>really that bad.

I think it will be OK to go ahead and read it, as long as you keep
firmly in mind that anything in it might be a lie.  The same as reading
a newspaper.  Do not take any bets down at the pub based on it.  H.S. is
good at explaining things very simply, but often by making things
simpler than they really are.  Take it back to the library when you are
done with it and get some other book to keep around as a reference.  
My favorite is still Stroustrup -- even he gets some things wrong but at
least he fixes them: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/3rd_errata.html.

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