On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 06:53:54PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 09:53:08PM -0600, Nathan E Norman wrote: > ... > > IMO, you can avoid anything printed by Prentice Hall except stuff > > written by W. Richard Stevens. > > I think that's ill informed advice. Some of the best books on informatics > are from them, like: > > A discipline of programming, by Edgard Dijkstra > > Operating Systems, by Tanenbaum > > Object Oriented Software Construction, by Meyer > > Maybe in recent years their catalogue has watered down, I don't know, > but at least they used to be top notch.
Please excuse my hyperbole; perhaps PH has more to offer than Stevens. However, I must say that (again IMO) their recent offerings are not high on _my_ wish list (and I buy a lot of books every year). YMMV. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]