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From: marc@mercury.sybase.com (I am Marc E. Strohwig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Who has read these books?
Keywords: Books
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Date: 15 Aug 89 15:00:11 GMT
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I have read several books on OOPS and C++ and I'm sad to say I found
'User Interfaces in C++ and Object Oriented Programming' my least
favorite.  In my view the Book is little more than a bound set of
C++ sources to a simple windowing system accompanied by a users guide.
Of ~390 pages: 0 detail what OOPS is, 13 pages describe how the PC's
display controller is setup, 25 pages give .asm listing and review
MASM coding, 98 pages deal with  C++ source to the windowing system,
37 pages list the source to a simple ledger using the windowing
system and the remainder of the book is taken by appendix A & B which
provide a user guide to the windowing system and a listing of the PC
BIOS video services.  No where is the OOPS paradigm or C++ philosphy
event touched on.

	Thanx,
		_Marc

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