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1.0 out of 5 stars
Author is trivial, condescending, and even flippant., 19 Feb 1999
By A Customer
I have text books from a BS-CIS, two AAS, and 1/2 of a Masters. I have read a lot of books. I'm not perfect, and I do realize it can be hard to write a book: but that is no excuse for this book. (This is the only book I will say that I totally HATE).The author is arrogant, condescending, and even flippant towards the reader. How stupid do you think we are Eddie? (answer: stupid enough to spend money on this trash). The book is padded with a big list of RFC's and a Glossary that consume more than 1/3 of back of the book. A trivial and shallow introduction and basics consume more than 1/3 of the first part..leaving about 100 useful pages that were shallow and painful to read. Design? The only design was a way to get a book on the market to get some money!!! I paid $90.00 for this piece of garbage. I'll *never* buy another book by Ed Taylor (The Taylor series of Trash Titles). I use to think highly of McGraw-Hill.... after this book, even the Enquirer delivers more relevant data. Although in a gesture of fairness, I would say I'm half way through a book on SONNET, also by MGH, which is a very good book. So not all of their titles are bad. (all in all, be careful about which technical titles you buy. Not all MGH titles, IMHO, are worth your $$$). PS: Mr. Ed Taylor: Go f*** yourself, do it today. You are an a**h** pretending to be an author, pal.
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