"There is a lot of code in the book that I would be angry to find in production today"

I feel that this statement sums up how many people feel, although I've got nothing to back that up.

That said, I even suggested a relatively old book where things wouldn't be 'proper' now. What's fantastic, is that there aren't many other above-compiled languages that can state that a 21-year-old book will give you the same results then, as they would now.