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From: olea@netcom.com (Michael Olea)
Subject: Re: Neural Networks in C++ by Adam Blum
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 02:38:49 GMT
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"Howard MITCHell Feldman" <hfeldman@infoserv.com> writes:

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>>
>>Hi there,
>>   has any-one read the book:
>>
>>Neural Networks in C++, by Adam Blum, 1992 John Wiley and Sons Inc. ?
>>
>>   Because it seems to me that some of the source listings it claims to 
>>give are in fact not there. Am I missing somthing here? The book
>>says the progams TESTBP and TESTCPN are listed in the appendices. 
>>But they are not!? Have you found the same?
>>
>>James.
>>

>You hit one of my buttons here.

>Unless the book was revised from the one I purchased, there were many, many errors
>in the listings that *did* appear.  The book I purchased did not come with a disk
>so I sent for the disk of source codes.

>What a dissapointment! The disk contained files that did not match the book.  
>Furthermore, the files on the disk would not compile and infact had numerous 
>syntax errors.

>I ended up sending the disk back with a complaint letter.  Apparently, though it 
>has fallen on deaf ears as the book is still in print and the disk is still
>available.

>Anyone else have any experience with this book?

	Yes.  The code as printed in the book not only does not work,
it does not compile.  Very sloppy stuff.

>...howard
>hfeldman@infoserv.com
