system("PAUSE") is it really that bad?

[mrguild]

Hello everyone, I had a book I wanted to go back to and re-read although the author introduces system("PAUSE") in all their practice programs. I personally understand not to use it, so I know even if I read the book I would be safe. But do you think this means if the author included a trick like system("PAUSE") they may have other tricks that aren't good practices. I want to learn to right proper and fast code and understand exactly what everything is doing. I could continue with this book, although If anyone could recommend me a good book to meet my needs, That would be awesome too.

Thanks for your time. Mrguild.

[long double main]

pause: command not found

Well, besides that, take a look at this:
http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/j3wTURfi/

This thread gives you some alternatives (though watch out for the "bad" ones that use non-standard code):
http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/beginner/1988/