Comments on: Book Review : Foundations of Programming by Karl Seguin http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/ Musings about Technology, Software Design and Development Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rob Bazinet http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-619 Rob Bazinet Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:50:27 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-619 <p>@dan - I was suprised too by the title of the book and then a bit differing content, but I was really happy to find what really was in there. If this was a basic book of fundamental algorithms and such I probably would not have done a review and pointed it out. </p> @dan – I was suprised too by the title of the book and then a bit differing content, but I was really happy to find what really was in there. If this was a basic book of fundamental algorithms and such I probably would not have done a review and pointed it out.

]]> By: Rob Bazinet http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-1385 Rob Bazinet Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:50:00 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-1385 @dan - I was suprised too by the title of the book and then a bit differing content, but I was really happy to find what really was in there. If this was a basic book of fundamental algorithms and such I probably would not have done a review and pointed it out. @dan – I was suprised too by the title of the book and then a bit differing content, but I was really happy to find what really was in there. If this was a basic book of fundamental algorithms and such I probably would not have done a review and pointed it out.

]]> By: Rob Bazinet http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-618 Rob Bazinet Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:57:27 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-618 <p>@Brian and @Karl, thank you so much for these great comments. I enjoy the banter from those who follow ALT.NET and those that don't, always great things to think about.</p> @Brian and @Karl, thank you so much for these great comments. I enjoy the banter from those who follow ALT.NET and those that don’t, always great things to think about.

]]> By: Rob Bazinet http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-1384 Rob Bazinet Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:57:00 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-1384 @Brian and @Karl, thank you so much for these great comments. I enjoy the banter from those who follow ALT.NET and those that don't, always great things to think about. @Brian and @Karl, thank you so much for these great comments. I enjoy the banter from those who follow ALT.NET and those that don’t, always great things to think about.

]]> By: Brian Johnston http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-617 Brian Johnston Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:29:15 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-617 <p>I love when everybody is happy :) And now that I know about the 'dummies' book (that's really needed???) - I can see the frustration and humor in it.</p> <p>We'll have a laugh over a beer sometime on it.</p> I love when everybody is happy :) And now that I know about the ‘dummies’ book (that’s really needed???) – I can see the frustration and humor in it.

We’ll have a laugh over a beer sometime on it.

]]> By: Brian Johnston http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-1383 Brian Johnston Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:29:00 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-1383 I love when everybody is happy :) And now that I know about the 'dummies' book (that's really needed???) - I can see the frustration and humor in it. We'll have a laugh over a beer sometime on it. I love when everybody is happy :) And now that I know about the ‘dummies’ book (that’s really needed???) – I can see the frustration and humor in it.
We’ll have a laugh over a beer sometime on it.

]]> By: Karl http://accidentaltechnologist.com/book-reviews/book-review-foundations-of-programming-by-karl-seguin/#comment-616 Karl Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:45:05 +0000 http://localhost/~rbazinet/?p=291#comment-616 <p>@Brian:</p> <p>LOL...sorry about the mistaken identity. I was having a *really* hard time accepting criticism from someone who wrote a For Dummies on the Zune. I was pretty pissed. (which now I think is pretty damn funny)</p> <p>I appreciate your feedback, and I appreciate your second post giving more detailed feedback. It's so hard to give empirical evidence of the superiority of one method versus another since so many factors come into play (team experience, type of projects, driving goals, and the list goes on and on). But your point is well taken that the entire book could have benefited from less subjectivity and more objectivity.</p> <p>And for the record, I've written articles for MSDN too!</p> @Brian:

LOL…sorry about the mistaken identity. I was having a *really* hard time accepting criticism from someone who wrote a For Dummies on the Zune. I was pretty pissed. (which now I think is pretty damn funny)

I appreciate your feedback, and I appreciate your second post giving more detailed feedback. It’s so hard to give empirical evidence of the superiority of one method versus another since so many factors come into play (team experience, type of projects, driving goals, and the list goes on and on). But your point is well taken that the entire book could have benefited from less subjectivity and more objectivity.

And for the record, I’ve written articles for MSDN too!

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