Re: [RFD] Unified Methods

[Alex Sandro Queiroz e Silva <asandro@...>]

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Reuben Thomas wrote:

> > Hallo,
> > 	I don't know if it's just me, but I hate to read for a long time
> > on-line. I spend lots of money printing manuals (Lua's inclusive) and
> > sometimes buying a good book. I'm one of those people who believe paper
> > will never disappear.
> 
> I'm inclined to agree with you about the ergonomics of paper, and I too
> print a lot of stuff out. I don't think it's very expensive, though.

	That's because I'm an average Brazilian Computer Science student,
so money is really short :)

> 
> In any case, electronic paper and ink will soon provide roughly the same
> ergonomics as conventional paper and ink.

	I hope so, let's stop killing trees... But for now I believe I'll
stick with paper, and a Lua book would be very welcome.

> 
> Having said that, some books, such as K&R 2nd edn, and the LaTeX
> Companion, I use often enough and refer to stable enough systems that they
> are excellent to have in paper format (I could say the same for my
> dictionaries).

	How could I live without my The C++ Programming Language? :))
Cheers,

  --Alex	asandro@lcg.dc.ufc.br		Lab. de Computacao Grafica/UFC
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