On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 02:05:46AM -0400, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > We'll have to agree to disagree. Forward references arent a problem as > long as the topics are taken care of, I havent' seen a case where they > havent been. Also the explanations that I've seen are neither obtuse > nor needlessly confusing. In any case this is a very poor complaint for > the book; for some reason you seem to be grasping at straws. It's a perfectly valid complaint -- the writing style used in a book is very important. You can call it straws if you want! And if you *like* your books to be read like choose-your-own adventures, where you flip back and forth to determine what's going on, okay, but there's other, better C books where you don't have to do that. > > Additionally, since it's a textbook, it comes with the ridiculous price of > > $80 or more. > Well you should have stopped with the first paragraph, now you're > displaying rank propaganda. > http://product.half.ebay.com/C-How-to-Program_W0QQprZ2473666QQtgZinfo Uh, it's not "rank propaganda" just because you can find it used for less. The full, new price is indeed over $80. (In fact, it's more like $100.) What's with the aggression, here? -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
