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Re: A question about some long java code that has getters/setters

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On Jul 26, 2:19 am, Jukka Lahtinen <jtfjd...@hotmail.com.invalid>
wrote:
> lewbloch <lewbl...@gmail.com> writes:
> > Chad wrote:
> >> The following code, which is taken from one of my school books,
> > Really, don't use this book.  Get a good book.
>
> I don't argue about that, but..
> TOP told us it's a school book. When at school, were you allowed to
> choose the books yourself?

Yes, as long as I also chose the books the teacher specified.

I had Calculus III with a book that mixed up the "u", "v" and "w"
variables in the examples.  I spent many a sleepless night puzzling
whether the book was wrong or I was.  At least three-quarters of the
time it was the book.

If you are committed to learning and the book is bad, you get a good
book and learn it independently of whatever the professor mandates.
If you're only committed to doing the minimum and winding up knowing
nothing, you use the bad book.

> OTOH, it would probably be a good idea to point the faults out to the
> teacher.

And to get a good book.

--
Lew

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