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From: ark@research.att.com (Andrew Koenig)
Subject: Re: What is wrong with OO ?
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 13:43:26 GMT
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In article <AF1132469668D5B8@rd-ppp-072.tpgi.com.au> gscase@tpgi.com.au (Sean Case) writes:

> So, C++ must be easy to learn, or else there wouldn't be hundreds of books
> about it by people who don't understand it properly.

> Or, to put it another way, C++ looks easy to learn, but has hidden pitfalls
> that bedevil even those who write books on the subject.

Or, to put it yet another way, if you find any topic about which there
are hundreds of books on the market, most of them will be junk.
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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com
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