Re: Best book on learning C++?

From: Paul F. Johnson (paul_at_all-the-johnsons.co.uk)
Date: 12/15/03 

Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:31:03 +0000

Hi,

By the process of certain things happening, jeffc managed to say...

> "Paul F. Johnson" <paul@all-the-johnsons.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.12.11.21.39.38.353802@all-the-johnsons.co.uk...

>> Now, is that teach yourself the IDE in 21 days (which is fine) or an
>> entire language in 21 days (which is damned near impossible)
>
> By the way, when these books say 21 days, they don't mean 21 elapsed days,
> they mean a certain hour's worth of time, usually. For example, I think you
> could teach yourself a language in 500 hours. At 6 hours a day, that's
> about 3 months. The "21 days" is just to get your attention, which in and
> of itself is not something to recommend a book on. Pretty much different
> from your hyperbole though.

Nope. The last 6 I've had the mispleasure to go through sets an objective
for a day, as in 24 hours.

TTFN

Paul 

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