I won't mention the names of the authors of this book, for one of them founded this site. However, I will say that the grammar in this book is often incorrect, the jokes at times are sometimes offensive, but the WORST part of this book is that the program code is inaccurate. What has finally burned my buttons about this book is the "Code Magnets" section on page 157. The line:
SHOULD be:
Furthermore, MANY of the references in the index section of the book are incorrect (as in references not being on the same page the book says they are). How could the authors of this book do such a bad job of making sure that at least the code compiles and that the references in the index section of the book are correct?
I will ask for a refund from Amazon (not likely to get it). If I get my refund I will consider purchasing books in the future with this author's (actually either of the two) name on it. If I don't, then I will put up a negative review of the book on Amazon. For the most part this book has been a good one, but it is stuff such as I mentioned above that are inexcusable.
If I have my account on this site banned/cancelled, that is fine. To each his own. At the moment I feel like I have been ripped off, as I don't make much money, so going out and buying other books to supplement this one is not a feasible option.
Have a nice day!
NOTE: in the code above, the '&;;' is because this site wouldn't let me post '<;' as part of my code
[ November 21, 2003: Message edited by: Thomas Whalen ]
[ November 21, 2003: Message edited by: Thomas Whalen ]