* Welcome Prentiss Knowlton

This week, we're delighted to have Prentiss Knowlton helping to answer questions about the new book Murach's C++ 2008.

The promotion starts Tuesday, January 19th 2010 and will end on Friday, January 22nd 2010.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Mike Murach & Associates.

Please see the Book Promotion page to ensure your best chances at winning!

Posts in this welcome thread are not eligible for the drawing.

Welcome Prentiss!

Hi Prentiss

Welcome to the forum!

Welcome!

Best regards.
Adam

Welcome Prentiss Knowlton to the book promotions

I am a great fan of Murach's books

nice to see one of the books in this promotion list!

Welcome,

Just as a side note / complaint : There's a number of pro Java / anti C++ posts that have populated this group lately ... While they don't border on what I would consider inflammatory to the point of banning they do detract from the overall tone and approach of the forum.

Is there a way to personally ban posts / threads from individual members so that I can filter them in the future?
(if appropriate, feel free to move this post as I'm not sure where it should really be... )

Craig Taylor wrote:Just as a side note / complaint : There's a number of pro Java / anti C++ posts that have populated this group lately ... While they don't border on what I would consider inflammatory to the point of banning they do detract from the overall tone and approach of the forum.

Is there a way to personally ban posts / threads from individual members so that I can filter them in the future?

Craig,

If you feel that a post (or a topic) crosses the line, please bring it to the attention of a moderator. Furthermore, feel free to start a new topic about this in the Ranch Office forum.

As for the issue, yes, it is to be somewhat expected. This is a C++ book promotion in a forum targeting mostly towards java. So there will be those inexperience developers, who thinks that favoring one language over another, for the general purpose, is a good thing. We just have to keep an eye out for it.

Henry

Craig,
I view such comments as an opportunity to education people about why X vs Y isn't as clearcut as they might think. I think your reply here was great!

Welcome Prentiss Knowlton

Greetings, Raghavan --

I've been using C and C++ from their beginnings in the 1970s, and I've been teaching C, C++, Visual C++, C#, and Java for UCLA Extension for more than 20 years. When I was getting ready to teach C#, my course rep introduced me to Murach's C# and I immediately fell in love with their paired-pages presentation. I was hoping they would soon be introducing Murach's C++. While talking with my course rep about this he said five fateful words: "Why don't you write one?" A few conversations with Mike Murach followed, and one year later, here it is.

A highlight in preparing this book was working with my editor, Anne Boehm, also an established Murach author, who diligently validated the material for conciseness, consistency, and technical accuracy. It was a joy to work with a person possessing both polished professional writing skills and deep technical understanding.

Best wishes in your technical enterprises,
Pren

Raghavan Muthu wrote:Welcome Prentiss Knowlton to the book promotions

I am a great fan of Murach's books nice to see one of the books in this promotion list!