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From: apuleius@ix.netcom.com (William Grosso)
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
Date: 1997/01/26
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On Sun, 26 Jan 1997 16:09:42 +1100, gscase@tpgi.com.au (Sean Case)
wrote:
>
>So, C++ must be easy to learn, or else there wouldn't be hundreds of books
>about it by people who don't understand it properly.
>
>Or, to put it another way, C++ looks easy to learn, but has hidden pitfalls
>that bedevil even those who write books on the subject.
>

Or, to put it another way, lots of crappy books have been written on 
C++ because people who don't know much about it have decided
to demonstrate their ignorance (and make a quick buck or two). 

Why this reflects on C++ rather than the authors is pretty much a 
mystery to me. 


Cheers,

Andy
"In the beginning, everything was even money"
       --Mike Caro