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Title: Mind-numbingly slow and out of date
Review: I bought this book based on the other 5-star reviews, but now I realize that these were written in 2002 and are out of date. The authors are college professors, and the book is written towards a reader that is some weird combination of a college student that doesn't know anything about computer languages and a professional that does. It takes a *long* time to get to the meat of describing anything useful, and never really makes me feel like it's explaining anything in recognition of my being a skilled professional. It's like a CNN news anchor explaining what an array is. *Yawn*. I've put this book down after 7 chapters of mind-numbing drivel. And please spare me the history lessons about Algol. I care, why???
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