On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 21:50:54 +0100 alan@ibgames.com wrote:
I also use a combination of Lipman and Strousup as my primary reference, They are just different enoug in approach that if you have difficulty with the explanation in one, then the other makes it clear.
I happen to know that a new edition of Lipman in in the works, but when it's scheduled publication date is I don't know. And, I'll probably get over to SoftPro (a local tech bookstore) when it is available.
The main issue is when programming in any language, one should attempt
to understand both the syntax and the philosophy.
The worst program I have ever had to work with was a COBOL program
written by a FORTRAN programmer who hated COBOL. Not only was it
extremely ugly, it was very sensitive to errors in the data. Had I known
the programmer, I probably would have thrown him out the window for
writing such an unmaintainable system.
--
Jerry Feldman