On Thu, 14 May 2009 19:05:04 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > A chunky fragment of TDPL will hit Rough Cuts soon enough. I'm pondering > whether I should be adding exercises to the book. Some books have them, > some don't. > > Pros: As I'm writing, I've come up with some pretty darn cool exercise > ideas.
Won't hurt to put those in then :-) I remember working through some of Knuth's exercises and enjoying the challenge, even though I failed to solve some of the advanced ones. I think any exercises you put in should be incidental to the book's purpose. I mean, that the book should be just as useful with or without those exercises; they would exist for the curious or adventurous. And in any case, not only should the solutions be provided, a way to /get/ to the solutions should also be shown; I can remember seeing some exercises' solution and thinking "Huh? How did he get that?" -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell
