Comment 296 on “C++ Program Design: An Introduction to Programming and Object-Oriented Design by James P. Cohoon (1998-08-01)”

1. None says:

   at 1:22 AM

   I found the book annoying to follow, especially without lecture I think two stars may have been than it s worth I really don t want to bash the authors, but not only does the book contain MANY errors posted at their website, and if you re a beginner, wouldn t know that they were errors you may at moments conclude that it s a book still in note form where only the authors can decipher The book may be helpful to a reader with programming background, however stay way clear if you re just a beginne [...]

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   at 1:22 AM

   This text is one of the confusing texts I ve taught our introductory C courses from While the Deitel Deitel book is encyclopedic, I ve had students come back and say how much they enjoyed it and found it useful after the course was over I ve only had student complaints about this book The approach is nice objects early and the EZWin graphics package but there aren t enough small examples or interesting examples to make the text worthwhile Give me Deitel Deitel any day.

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   at 1:22 AM

   It is often forgotten that design is as least as important as the implementation of it This book tries to convey very high design standards and may not be the easiest around, but it presents a thorough course in what its title announces C program design It is also very useful as a work of reference.

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   at 1:22 AM

   Six years ago I was one of Prof Cohoon s students when he was in the process of writing the first edition of this book Compared to all of the other C books I have seen, this one is a lifesaver I recommend it to any of my friends who are just learning to program This book, nor Cohoon s methodology are by any means a definitive C reference manual This book was written for the person who is learning to program by learning C I have personally used the skills taught to me by Cohoon and this book to b [...]

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5. None says:

   at 1:22 AM

   There are a couple of reasons which made me unhappy about the book The overall view of the programs writen is quite confusing, seems that author is short of space The accompanying disk contains the same programs which are already given in the book I also have a feeling that author is sometimes not very clear about the explanations.However the book is good in sense that it stresses on Object Oriented Design, which is part of it s name End of chapter exercise are good.

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6. None says:

   at 1:22 AM

   As a beginning programmer, this book did not help me at all It is very hard and difficult to understand I would not recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn about C programming I have spent hours than I ve cared to trying to figure out what the authors are talking about in each chapter Save your money.

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