Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: pathetic

don't even bother. I first learned C++ with this book and then switched to some others, GNU C++ for Linux and C++ How to Program. When I recently went back to this book I discovered what a foul job was done, especially with classes. Declare the data member of a linked list node class as public? Give me a break. He says once that he prefers structured programming over OO. Well that is good, because he sure( ) at coding objects.