Re: College Software Texts Found To Teach Insecure Coding

["Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>]

On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:27:47 -0700 (PDT), Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> On 28 Lip, 16:04, "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mail...@dmitry-kazakov.de>
> wrote:
> 
>> The problem is - what to expect from a sample of books on IT? The answer,
>> read from the statistics, is - you should expect crap. I find it
>> spectacular, because it shows who is the average reader...
> 
> And again, I agree with you, but I still don't find anything
> spectacular in it if you take into account that books form a regular
> commercial market.

Why did it become commercial? Do you see anything entertaining in
programming, I mean, at the level these books addressed to? To put it
simple, why "regular idiots" enjoy reading on IT?

> Are you surprised that the majority of music is a
> crap as well? It is just a result of its wide commercialization.

It is not that simple, especially because, practically all traditional fine
arts either died or else became crap, while commercialization always
existed.

> Which, btw, has its bright sides as well.
> 
> Oh well - we went off topic again. ;-)

Nope, the song remains the same, why Ada isn't any popular... (:-))

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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