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Programming the Windows 32 API and UNIX System Services (With CD-ROM)
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Author: Don E. Merusi, Don Merusi
List Price: $49.99
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ISBN: 0130259691
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (November, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 692,048
Average Customer Rating: 2 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
Run a mile!
Would you buy a book on system programming from someone who doesn't even know his implementation language? This guy's examples are all in C++, but he can't even get a "for" loop right.Sample code from chapter 1: volatile UINT ktr[3] = {0,0,0}; ... // Create three threads for (i=0;i<=3;i++) Yep, and he does this time and time again. Apparently Example 1-3 caused a GPF when he actually ran it, so he fixed that by adding an extra element to the array. Whole chunks of code in the book wouldn't even compile. Example 4-1 uses "=" instead of "==" and turns a function call into an lvalue. I gave it a one star because there is no "zero" star.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Good, but no real insight
This book helped me understand better. This book was easy to read and understand. I would recommend this book for anyone trying to get in the business.
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