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Title: Unbiased? No way. Outrageous? Hell yeah!
Review: You wouldn't think of it by reading the title, but this book is actually quite crazy. I suppose that is the best way to describe it. I've never read a computer book like it. It's both technical (on a system architecture level) and free form (stream of consciousness). There are enough jokes here to make you laugh out loud, and enough bad jokes to make you laugh just the same. And, you get a unique viewpoint on all things COM. Roger Sessions says some on-the-money one-liners throughout the book, but you'll notice alot to disagree with. For example I found his remark that "no one has ever figured out how to make use of inheritance in OOP" way out to lunch.I recommend this book as a refresher companion to all those dreary COM manuals out there. It's also a great political primer. You just know some Javabean fanatic is gonna annoy you someday with his rantings. You'll know how to tell him off after you read this :)
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