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The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by ryandrake »

mcherm wrote: post #29
Bolwin wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also is this an official Microsoft dev blog? Probably not a good look back at publishing hq

If you don't want to be called out for putting zero effort into the books that you publish, you probably shouldn't put zero effort into the books you publish!

Also, if you want to keep your job designing the book covers!

Effort-free stock image on the front cover, generic copy-paste description on the back cover. Hard to tell if whoever was responsible for the cover design is worried about his job being replaced with AI, because if he is, he has an odd way of showing it.

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by Shorel »

amiga386 wrote: post #37
thunderbong wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also hackers in movies never use a mouse!

I beg to differ, here's Scotty using one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkqiDu1BQXY

He's a miraculous worker!

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by vintagedave »

9o1d wrote: post #31

Plot twist: the publisher just looked into the future. I’m currently building an EBNF parser for my project, C³ (C cubed), which allows you to define arbitrary grammar at the very beginning of a file to seamlessly mix strings and syntax from Python, JS, or any custom DSL. While C++ was just a simple iteration, C³ aims to be a paradigm shift. If you see JavaScript DOM manipulation code on a C++ book cover, it’s not a…

The repo readme doesn't mention anything like that. It looks an ambitious project. I think the AI-style tone in the readme, or things like 'paradigm shift' and that it would be an online service (for a language? huh?) may be contributing to the downvotes you're getting.

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by pvillano »

The cover does not matter for a textbook.

Most textbooks sold are bought by students because they were required for a course. Students are not choosing a textbook by cover because they're not choosing a textbook at all. Professors choosing which textbook to assign are doing so based on the content, because that's what they'll be teaching. Professors also get a lot of free sample copies, and are probably choosing between those instead of purchasing their own set of candidates based on the cover.

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by fiedzia »

TACD wrote: post #21
fiedzia wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like to pause movies when some code is shown and see what it is. Apparently you can break into pentagon by knowing basic sql and high-level employees have alternate life writing tcp implementations and graphics libraries.

There’s a Tumblr for that: https://www.tumblr.com/moviecode

Also Eddie Izzard shows how it really looks like: https://youtu.be/TKQzqwn-jIM?si=Ad_ZMhFr4As6H0lr

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by WalterBright »

fiedzia wrote: post #19
seanhunter wrote: post #5

It reminds me of an incident involving an old colleague of mine at some kind of graduate recruitment fair thing. He walked past a stand which was trying to hire engineers which had some code on the wall when the following exchange happened: Recruiter: Hey there! Do you know what this is? Colleague: Err, … It *looks* like some sort of network protocol Recruiter: No, it’s *COMPUTER CODE*

I like to pause movies when some code is shown and see what it is. Apparently you can break into pentagon by knowing basic sql and high-level employees have alternate life writing tcp implementations and graphics libraries.

Well, at least movies no longer run the ka-chunka-ka-chunka ASR-33 teletype sounds when showing text on a screen.

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by WalterBright »

cout wrote: post #26
fiedzia wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like to pause movies when some code is shown and see what it is. Apparently you can break into pentagon by knowing basic sql and high-level employees have alternate life writing tcp implementations and graphics libraries.

Occasionally there are some real treats in those snippets. I remember being floored when Trinity exploited a real ssh v1 bug in Matrix Reloaded.

The movie "Demon Seed" showed a DECsystem 10 command line. Hahaha.

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by quuxplusone »

hilariously wrote: post #40
cout wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Occasionally there are some real treats in those snippets. I remember being floored when Trinity exploited a real ssh v1 bug in Matrix Reloaded.

My memory is probably faulty but didn't she use nmap too?

Yep. (Discussed more than once on HN, which is why I know this link exists:)

https://nmap.org/movies/

Re: The back cover of C++: The Language raises questions not answered by front cover

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Post by cout »

hilariously wrote: post #40
cout wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Occasionally there are some real treats in those snippets. I remember being floored when Trinity exploited a real ssh v1 bug in Matrix Reloaded.

My memory is probably faulty but didn't she use nmap too?

Yes.
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