On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 02:23:30PM -0500, Matthew Danish wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 08:14:26PM +0200, Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho wrote: > > On 20030321T123756-0500, Matthew Danish wrote: > > > Neither of the programming books I recommended restrict themselves to > > > the theory. > > > > Reading books is theory, regardless of what they cover. > > Indeed, I am recommending learning some theory. Do you consider > exercises in programming to be merely theory, as well, though? Your > statement, as is, is absolute nonsense. I am assuming the existence of > initiative in the reader. >
This reminds me of a very good book that is now out of print "Etudes for Programmers" by Charles Wetherell. I can't find it online. And, as the only copy I ever saw was a oversize trade paperback, it may be hard to get a copy of. A good academic library might have it, though. Jim Penny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
