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From: greg@titn.TITN (Greg Altman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: The Waite Groups's C++ programming
Keywords: C++ books
Message-ID: <327@titn.TITN>
Date: 22 Sep 88 01:09:52 GMT
Organization: TITN Inc. Hayward, CA
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I have recently started reading "The Waite Group's C++ programming" and
have the following suggestion to the beginning C++ users:

	Do not believe all the examples - follow your common sense.
	Some of the examples are bugged and will never work or even
	compile.

	Do not rely on this book to provide you with all the information
	needed to successfuly create C++ code. The book is incomplete and
	in some places very vague.

Why don't authors follow an accepted practice of actually trying to compile
their examples before incuding them in the main text?