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From: gotd@jimmy.harvard.edu (Godfrey Degamo)
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Subject: Re: Beginner to C/C++ looking for some good books
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Date: 21 Aug 1995 19:07:22 GMT
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daniel brockman (brockman@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <40b4i2$egf@ixnews5.ix.netcom.com> psilocyn@ix.netcom.com (Jeff W. ) writes:
: >I've been trying to learn C++ on my own with the online books that come
: >with Borland C++ 4.5, but I'm having trouble understanding them.  So I

: C++ is philosophically unsound.  it is nonsense.  no one can understand
: nonsense.  Don't worry about it.

: db


Why is C++ philosophically unsound?  I am planning on learning it, if
they ever standardize the language.  (Have they done so yet?)

But, if it is unsound, then maybe I should concentrate my efforts on
algorithms and expanding my data structure libraries.

-Godfrey Degamo