Fwd: *That* book
Fwd: *That* book
- Subject: Fwd: *That* book
- From: Drew McCormack <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 09:17:57 +0200
++ Peter Sichel 2001-09-12 15:42 wrote:
++ Compared to a masterpiece like "The C Programming Language" by
++ K&R, "Learning Cocoa" is too limited and frustrating.
"Masterpiece"?! Adequate, at best, with a number of gaps &
ambiguities.
Look at Jensen & Wirth's _Pascal User Manual & Report_ (IIRC) for one
much better example of a language reference + manual. As I've
mentioned before, Bolsky's _The C Programmer's HandBook_ is a much
better reference, though not intended as a manual.
You sure are on touchy ground. Most C programmers that I know consider
"The C Programming Language" by two of the three inventors of C to be a
C bible. What gaps & ambiguities do you speak of?
I've almost got through the "Learning Cocoa" book now, and what everyone
is saying is basically right: it is no masterpiece.
But I do think it is easier to follow a book from cover to cover than
find online tutorials and be disiplined enough to complete them all. If
nothing else, the book gives your some focus, and I have learnt a lot
from it, no question. I hope O'Reilly improve upon it though.
I am also looking forward to the Addison Wesley book coming in November.
My experience with their books has been excellent: "Effective C++" and
"More Effective C++" are amongst the best books for C++ I have seen, and
"Design Patterns" is an out and out classic. (By the way, if you haven't
read "Design Patterns", do. It is extremely relevant to Cocoa, and
regularly references NeXTSTEP.)
Drew McCormack