I'm tempted

I'm actually quite tempted to buy this:

http://www.lulu.co
m/content/498784

There's something so fantastically crap about vanity
publishing a  
compilation of bad code in book form that it's almost worth
supporting.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

On Friday 27 April 2007 17:47, Andy Armstrong wrote:

> I'm actually quite tempted to buy this:
>
> http://www.lulu.co
m/content/498784
>
> There's something so fantastically crap about vanity
publishing a
> compilation of bad code in book form that it's almost
worth supporting.

People have been publishing PHP books for a long time now.

I suppose I should read the URL before I send the message
though.

-- c

On 29 Apr 2007, at 00:50, chromatic wrote:
> People have been publishing PHP books for a long time
now.
>
> I suppose I should read the URL before I send the
message though.

It's worse than that. It's Clipper and dBase 

Spaghetti Code by Carl Schoner
Description:

This is a delicious compilation of various programs,
applications,  
and cartoons that I have created over the years using a
variety of  
tools and programming languages, most notably Clipper and
dBase, but  
also C, awk, sed, grep, perl, SQL, shell scripting, and
india ink. DO  
NOT BUY THIS BOOK TO LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM! This is more of a
book on  
how NOT to program. However, if you are an experienced
programmer and  
enjoy viewing code as a logic puzzle, or you would just like
to own a  
collection of some of the most hilarious cartoons and arcane
 
algorithms you are ever likely to come across, then by all
means,  
spend a few bucks and download a copy of my book. That way
you can  
convert the PDF to text and cut and paste the routines that
you would  
like to use rather than having to key them in from scratch.
Bon Apetite!


-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net

On 29 Apr 2007, at 00:58, Andy Armstrong wrote:
> Spaghetti Code by Carl Schoner

And with a couple of clicks it is mine. I'm pleased to learn
that

"Please note that Lulu's manufacturing process precedes
postage and  
delivery."

I'd be pissed off if they left the manufacturing until after
delivery.

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net