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

Hacker News · Jun 6, 2026, 3:23 AM

Key takeaways

  • The topics included in it are of utmost significance and are bound to provide incredible insights to students.
  • This sounds like a book report written by a student who didn t read the book!
  • Indeed, I found nearly identical sentences in the blurb for Casting Handbook (Hannah Wells, editor).

A little while ago, we considered how the cover of the book C++: The Programming Language raises questions not answered by the cover, since the cover illustration for a book putatively about the C++ programming language shows code written in Java Script.¹ But there s also a question raised by the back cover.

The topics included in it are of utmost significance and are bound to provide incredible insights to students. Some of the diverse topics covered in this text address the varied branches that fall under this category. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this textbook.

This sounds like a book report written by a student who didn t read the book! Those sentences could be used to describe pretty much any textbook.

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