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Title: Good book, but...
Review: I use this book primarily as a reference to directX, but I believe it would serve as a good "tutorial". However, DirectX is a low-level windows API, and does not mix good with C++. By using C++, you are adding extra overhead to your program, defeating the purpose of DirectX. C is the best language to use for fast, low-level win32 application programming. I personally think that if you need to use MFC to program windows applications, you should move on to a more whimpier language such as visual basic. However, if you know how to program Win32 applications in C, this book is for you. All examples compiled nicely under my VC4 compiler, with a few modifications to some. Astonishingly, even though this book was written by some guy at microsuck, I really think this is a great book. I really suggest you get it!
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