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Title: Superfluous waffle and long winded explanations
Review: This has to be one of the most difficult texts I've come across. I have been a programmer for over 12 years, I'm used to dealing with language reference manuals, but this one takes the cake. It is full of superfluous waffle. I seems to me that a concept that could be summed up in one or two neat, concise sentences is dragged out for pages, and also, and this is the most annoying thing, said to be referred to in later chapters.After 6 weeks with this as the prescribed text for the current course that I'm doing, I've decided to go to another text.
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