[comp.lang.c++] New user of C++ seeks advice

kt@msor.UUCP (Keith Tizzard) (05/02/89)

I am just beginning to use C++ and would welcome some advice.

I am using Zortech C++ on a PC but have access to Sun workstations.  
I also have copies of the books by Stroustrup and Weiner & Pinson.

A number of questions come to mind:

1	is there a standard definition of the language other than
	in Stroustrup's book?

2	what compilers are available for Sun workstations?

3	I have seen reference to cfront.  How does one obtain this in the UK?

4	are there any standard classes other than streams?  How does one obtain 	them?		

5	is there any programming environment available for Sun and/or PC?
	I have in mind something like the Smalltalk class browser.

6	is there good literature (books, articles or reports) on how
	to write 'good' C++ ?

7	has anyone experience of Zortech C++ and thus any advice about its
	quality ?

Any comment or piece of information would be welcome either by email or
over the net (choose whichever you regard the more appropriate)


-- 
Keith Tizzard
MSOR Dept, University of Exeter, Streatham Court, EXETER EX4 4PU, UK
tel: (+44) 0392 264463    email: kt@msor.exeter.ac.uk     kt@msor.UUCP