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Review title: When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Product review: Petzold makes it clear that programming means coding, not dragging and dropping. And that should make it obvious why Wanna-Be-Coders won't like this one very much. With this reader, you actually learn programming at a very high and pure level, which makes it one of the best books on coding money can buy.I don't have much patience for cry babies who claim the book is recycled crap - they don't have the slightest idea what they're talking about. Now, if the real McCoy is too tough for you, why don't you stay with VB6 or switch to Delphi? Better yet, give up on programming altogether and do something easier - like knitting.
