Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpindda!collin From: collin@hpindda.HP.COM (Collin Park) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: The Waite Groups's C++ programming Message-ID: <6170001@hpindda.HP.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 22:30:36 GMT References: <327@titn.TITN> Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA Lines: 15 greg@titn.TITN (Greg Altman) writes: >> [stuff deleted] >> >> Why don't authors follow an accepted practice of actually trying to compile >> their examples before incuding them in the main text? >> ---------- ... and, once they do, ensure that the working code is copied _by_machine_ (*NOT* by hand/eye) into the text of the book, so as to avoid typos. - my opinions don't necessarily reflect - - those of my employer or anyone important - collin park