Re: Request for parallel computing books in comp.parallel

["björn lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>]

On 7 Juni, 12:24, Colin Paul Gloster <Colin_Paul_Glos...@ACM.org>
wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Jun 2010, starwars asked:
> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
> |"> Perhaps people should refrain from suggesting books which they have  |
> |> not actually read.                                                    |
> |                                                                        |
> |Uh oh, I paid a bundle for a copy of this. Is there a problem with it? I|
> |haven't had time to go through it yet."                                 |
> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
>
> I have not read it. Dirk suggested that someone who seems to also not
> have read it to suggest it to someone else.

Well no. Dirk suggested to me to recommend _a later edition_ of a book
that I have read many, many times. He did _not_ suggest me to
recommend a totally
unknown book. Nor did I suggest a book I did not read.

> Other people who have read the book responded to your question
> praising the book, so it seems that you will be pleased by it.

And it is really good. This is why I recommended it.
Because I _know_ it is good.

And just by reading the thread, it is pretty obvious that
this is what happened.

/Björn