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Hackish C++ Pranks & Tricks

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4 star:		(2)
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2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

This is a great book all the examples are alot more interesting when compared to the many other programming books I have read. I think every C programmer must read it more than once, every single line is valuable.

Another useless book from the ill-famous Russian copy-paster.
1) Author is not an expert in anything he writes about. His level of knowledge is close to one of a sophomore.
2) Book was unprofessionally translated from Russian, it's hard to read.
3) Morale and legal aspects of many pranks and tricks are questionable for an educated and law-obeying reader.

Do not buy this book. The positive reviewers do not have any other reviews on amazon -it really looks like self-reviewed by the author.
I've read this book, its full of mistakes. For instance, the authors says that TCP works by sending packages -- no comments, but for everybody else (beside the author) TCP works with segments. The list of mistakes is way to long. You should also note, that whenever a negative review is posted, a positive review (written by reviewers with no other reviews on amazon) follows. This book is very poor and a waste of money and time.

The book offers an alternative viewpoint on programming C++ under Microsoft's operating systems. It deliberately eshews a sober tone, in presenting programming challenges. Like making a window of an arbitrary shape, like the profile of a person. We are so used to rectangular windows that this hack can be hilarious to try and show to others.

Flenov gives a chapter on networking hacks. Imagine writing a server that, with simple extensions, could reboot its machine upon prompt by an external signal that comes in over the net. Or the server might send out passwords, based on that signal. Such a program is malware; a Trojan. Now Flenov does not actually take you that far. But he shows enough that a capable reader could extrapolate the short steps to the Trojan.

Full of ancient little code nuggets - like how to make a non-rectangular window in Windows. The author even calls MFC "cutting edge." Give me a break. MFC is barely being maintained any more - it might have been cutting edge 10 years ago. I'd suggest passing on this one - unless you want to feel like you're in a time-machine back to the C++ of the last century.

The author explains every important feature of C++ with examples, focusing only on what is important. You must know only syntax and programming techniques to understand this book. Recommend to all!!!

This book is an excellent choice for novice and professionals. Excellent pranks, great code. I recommend Hackish C++ Pranks & Tricks to all my friends.

I'm trying to find words to discribe it, only one comes to my mind - SUPER!!! Perfect!!! I recommend Hackish C++ to all!!!

I'm ashamed to say I bought this book. I read it in about an hour. He has a few tricks to teach us about how to make windows components dance around, dissappear, change etc. So what? Where is the meat of C++ programming in this book. He knows his way around the Windows API, so what. He knows how to freak out his co-workers. So what. Where is Scott Meyers when you need him? Where is Andrew LaMott ( <== spelling? ) ....I was expecting to see some C++ tricks and was disappointed. TCP/IP is great for sending/receiving stuff. So what. Where is the C++ stuff in this book. Look around for another book to show you some C++ stuff. This ain't the one.

This book attracted me because of the high sales ranking and the reviewer ratings. But after reading these reviews, I thought that they are all liars.

If you read the reviewers' other reviews, you won't find any. Think first before you buy this book.