jon@hanauma (Jon Claerbout) (06/19/89)
I'm looking for a good book to use to learn C++. I find that Stroustrup's book does not begin from the elementary and progress steadily towards the abstruse. (Perhaps I have been spoiled by Kernighan's books.) I recently read Roger Session's book "Reusable data structures for C", a book that I found very helpful. If anyone knows the author's email address, I'll send him a few typos.
fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) (06/26/89)
In article <3040@portia.Stanford.EDU> jon@hanauma (Jon Claerbout) writes: >I'm looking for a good book to use to learn C++. >I find that Stroustrup's book does not begin from the elementary >and progress steadily towards the abstruse. (Perhaps I have been >spoiled by Kernighan's books.) I strongly recommend Stanley Lippman's "C++ Primer" for all levels of C++ programmers. I have just finished the book, and am planning to write a detailed review for the net in the next few weeks so I don't want to go into too much detail. However, I will say that what I like most about the book is that it has a clear, gradual approach to the concepts of OOP and how C++ is designed to satisfy these conceptual requirements. The reason that I think that it is good for all levels of C++ programmers is that material from release 2.0 is tightly interwoven with the text. Even an experienced C++ programmer would benefit from reading the detailed "multiple inheritance: theory and pratice" parts. regards, fletcher Fletcher E. Kittredge fkittred@bbn.com