Deitel and Deitel Book...

[N D Efford]

Jason Orendorff <jason at jorendorff.com> wrote:
> I dislike Deitel & Deitel because of their casual disregard for
> correctness.  I can't open any of their books without finding an error.
> In C++HTP, they illustrate "Circle" as a subclass of "Point".

...and compound the error by making Cylinder a subclass of Circle!
This has been there for at least the past three editions.  Criticisms
of it in book reviews and other forums have not persuaded them to
correct the misconception.

Nick