Discuss here the best article iPad2 contest

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>I voted for David's article.  It was a very close call for me between 
>Robert and David.  Both articles were well written and covered very 
>similar topics, both of which I learned some new things from.
>

I'm still trying to narrow it down, they're all good!

> Everyone did a great job.  This was a tough one to decide.  Nick, your 
> article was too long for me,

Yea, understandable. When I realized how long it ended up, I figured that 
could work either for or against me ;)

> but I *loved* the dialog.  It reminded me  tremendously of the very 
> successful (and one of my favorite) series Head  First programming books 
> (mostly centered on Java), where they do things  like interviews of 
> variable types.
>

Thanks. I haven't read any of the "Head First" series. But a long time ago I 
read a bunch of C/C++ books, and there was one in particular that really 
stuck out in my mind, that I never forgot. I don't remember the name of it, 
but it involved a robotic dog (pictured on the cover) and featured the 
"Profound Object Oriented Programming" method, ie "POOP". Probably 90% of 
the C/C++ books I've read I have no memory of whatsoever, but that one 
always stuck with me and has definitely influenced my style. Whether that's 
for the better or the worse, I can't really say ;)

> TBH, I really expected more voter turnout.  Maybe there will be a 
> last-minute rush.

I'd been thinking the same thing, too. Although it looks like the rush may 
have just started...