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2 comments about Hong Kong Comics.

1. Many little images and no many words. It's a interesting book, but could be better.



2. nice printing, and informative text. some really interesting art here. you won't be dissapointed. all the work is very well documented, and the source material is all listed nicely at the end. great job!

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5 comments about The Verilog® Hardware Description Language.

1. I really liked the book since I had read a copy from my school library hence I decided to purchase one. Unfortunately since Amazon doesn't set any standards that all sellers should meet, my purchase was a rip off.
   
   I order the book assuming it was a North American Copy Unfortunately The one that I received was printed in CHINA & FULL OF GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES please watch out for the seller "Express_Textbook" do not purchase unless u want a Chinese Version.
   
   The seller does not specify this information so once you have made a transaction you'd have to go through the hassle of returning it.
   
   A NOTE TO AMAZON ADMIN: PLEASE INSIST SELLERS WHEN SELLING NEW PRODUCTS TO SPECIFY DETAILS SO THAT CUSTOMERS CAN MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE.



2. 'The Verilog Hardware Description Language' is a very good tutorial and reference for intermediate designers.
   I used this book in an upper level hardware design course. The course had a beginning Verilog course as a prerequisite. I hadn't taken that course but I had experience in digital design and VHDL. This book got me up to speed quickly with it's many examples and tight explanations of the Verilog Language.
   Some pluses:
   -Example designs are short, complete, and simulatable. Most are even synthesizable. This is good because an example can be quickly understood in its entirety. You don't need to flip through and stare and multiple pages to get an idea of what's going on. If you insist on having them, there are two long, practical examples towards the end of the book.
   -The text is very well written. Similar in style to 'The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie.'
   -Verilog 2001: Focuses on 2001, which is a little clearer than previous standards. I think all tools support 2001 by default now so that should be used.
   
   Some minuses:
   -Too expensive.
   -Not enough discussion on how Verilog constructs are compiled and netlisted. This is critically important in FPGA/ASIC design. However, this book is not any worse than other HDL books in this respect. It's just so important, I really haven't seen anything that gives the topic the treatment it deserves.
   
   Possible minus:
   -Not really for beginners. This is not a hardware design text.
   
   I haven't used the CD that came with the book so I can't comment on that. My guess is anything on that CD is not as good as industry standard tools like Mentor's ModelSim.
   Overall a very impressive book that will get you to productivity quickly in a Verilog project.



3. This book should be used only by the experienced users that can filter out problematic sections.
   Major problems:
   - first chapter, "recommended" by authors for university courses, is extremely chaotic (begin..end blocks are called loops, exercises ask you to use loops before introducing them, etc.)
   - cover of the latest edition claims coverage of the latest Verilog standard - unfortunately it is very poor coverage: new interesting features such as libraries and configurations are not mentioned at all!
   - I had to work hard during many trainings to correct bad coding styles showing in students reading this book as their first Verilog publication
   - the book is grossly overpriced...

   Main advantage:
   - good set of examples




4. The claim that this book has become the standard for learning Verilog is true.
   I use Verilog a lot but I still wish I had read this book before writing Verilog codes.



5. Was sharing this book with my workmate. Found it pretty useful. I think its a great reference book to have.
   It has
   + A great Index.
   + Good examples.
   + Been written by the masters of Verilog.
   - A lot of words (ie some people might find it very 'wordy')

   Every ASIC/FPGA designer I know has this one in there shelf. So go for it.

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2 comments about Modern American Houses.

1. I just got this and looked through it for the first time, page by page. The decision to buy this from a secondary vendor here at Amazon was easy, as I had recently seen the newer version in a bookstore for five times the price and was impressed. I can't make a good comparison between the two versions because I only casually skimmed through the newer one at the store. It seems the newer one might have a handful of additional houses, but I can't be sure.
   It is mainly a picture book and a beautiful one at that. The photos of the older houses, from the 1950's and 60's, are almost all black and white, which is probably to be expected. The ones from the 70's and later are almost all color - very nice.
   Floorplans are included for about half of the houses, although some of the plans are incomplete, with a level missing, usually a basement level or some such.
   The accompanying text descriptions are of the usual architectual type, ie, how the architect(s) sought to achieve this-and-that in relation to one-or-the-other, etc.
   I would have liked to see complete floorplans for all the houses, the lack of which tempts me to give only four stars, but since not everyone cares about this, I'll give it five. The book delivers as advertised.



2. I have read this book time and time again (from the library) and it is excellent. The photographs are exquisite, and I, being compulsed to read every modern architecture book available, thoroughly enjoyed it.

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