Instruct: Classify a given review as either positive or negative.
Query: Flawed software mars a promising book

The book looked quite promising, but when the very first Hello program (using the author's own sourcecode provided on the CD) failed to compile, it became essentially worthless. I'm sure I am not alone with this problem. All my C/C++ experience proved useless in unraveling the mystery of why the CodeWarrior Lite needed to (but couldn't) find "resource.frk/starter.tmp." The main reason I bought the book was to test out the IDE, especially the ability to debug using the Palm Emulator, so basically I wasted my money.