A little while ago, we considered how the cover of the book C++: The Programming Language raises questions not answered by the cover , since the cover illustration for a book putatively about the C++ programming language shows code written in JavaScript.¹ But there’s also a question raised by the back cover. According to the blurb for the book, The topics included in it are of utmost significance and are bound to provide incredible insights to students. Some of the diverse topics covered in this text address the varied branches that fall under this category. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this textbook. This sounds like a book report written by a student who didn’t read the book! Those sentences could be used to describe pretty much any textbook. Indeed, I found nearly identical sentences in the blurb for Casting Handbook (Hannah Wells, editor).…