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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> writes:
> On Friday, April 27, 2018 at 6:36:37 PM UTC+1, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> 
>> <sarcasm>But his writing is clear end engaging, so that's ok.<sarcasm>
>> 
> You need to consider what a tutorial written by yourself would be
> like.

Was that intended as an insult?

It likely wouldn't be very good, due in part to my tendency to get
bogged down in details, which is one reason I haven't written one.

Schildt, on the other hand, didn't let his ignorance of the language
stop him from writing books about it.

I posted links to reviews of two of his books.  Have you read them?
If you can open a book to a random page and find multiple serious
errors, that's a bad sign.

You've defended some of his false statements by claiming that he's
simplifying things, and you've defended other false statements that
are substantially more complicated than the truth would have been.
I suspect you're just being contrary.  I do not expect that you
will ever admit it or change your mind.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"