rajarar@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bala Rajaraman) (01/14/90)
Hi!,
Regarding some recommendations for books on C++ - there was a
request for recommendations for C++ books a while ago and I had
requested a summary.
Here it is. I hope you find it useful. By the way, there are
some recommendations at the end of the list. Though I don't agree with
all of them, who am I to say??.
Bala
:-)
rajarar@hubcap.clemson.edu
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Tony Hansen C++ Answer Book
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(from the CommonView BBS ~12/28/89)
LIST OF BOOKS ON C++ AS OF OCTOBER, 1989
1. The Waite Group's C++ Programing
Author: John Berry
Publisher: Howard W. Sams & Co., 1988
ISBN 0-672-22619-7
2. Programing in C++
Authors: Steve Dewhurst and Kathy Stark
Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1989
ISBN 0-13-723156-3
3. Using C++
Author: Bruce Eckel
Publisher: Osborne-McGraw Hill, 1989
ISBN 0-07-881522-3
4. C++ Primer
Author: Stanley Lippman
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1989
ISBN 0-201-16487-6
5. Object Oriented Program Design
Author: Mark Mullin
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1989
6. C++ for Programers
Author: Ira Pohl
Publilsher: Addison-Wesley, 1989
7. User Interfaces in C++ and Object Oriented Programming
Author: Mark Goodwin
Publisher: MIS Press, 1989
ISBN 1-55828-023-5
8. C/C++ Expert Systems
Author: David Hu
Publisher: MIS Press, 1989
ISBN 0-943518-86-5
9. The C++ Programing Language
Author: Bjarne Stroustroup
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1986
ISBN 0-201-12078-X
10. An Introduction to Object Oriented Programing in C++
Authors: Weiner and Pinson
Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1988
ISBN 0-201-15413-7
"Object Oriented Programming in C++", Wiener & Pinson -- Awful. Examples
contain non-portable contructs. Sometimes examples work for reasons
unrelated to the author's explanation. Authors were severly criticized by
Stroustrup, et al in the December SIGPLAN Notices. Read at your own risk.
"C++ Prpgramming", John Berry -- Not good. Very readable, but often
inaccurate. Examples often don't work.
"The C++ Programming Language", Stroustrup -- Good, but out of date.
Recommended as the 2nd or 3rd book to read about C++. Very technical in
presentation. A newer draft of the book is known to exist. (Spring `89)
Recommend picking it up when published.
"Programming in C++", Dewhurst & Stark -- Good. Treatment is not
thorough, but example code merits close study. Presentation is very
technical. Recommended for advanced users. Assumes C++ 2.0.
"C++ for C Programmers", Ira Pohl -- Good. Many good exercises. Limited in
scope, but efficient in presentation. (i.e. Reader can start writing useful
code very quickly.)
"C++ Programming", Lippman -- Excellent. Best 1st book on C++. Fairly
comprehensive in scope. Details differences between C++ 1.2 and 2.0.
Must read if new to language.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------jimad@microsoft.UUCP (JAMES ADCOCK) (01/16/90)
Anyone actually seen a copy of the Mullin in print yet?
sabbagh@acf5.NYU.EDU (sabbagh) (01/16/90)
In article <10271@microsoft.UUCP> jimad@microsoft.UUCP (JAMES ADCOCK) writes: >Anyone actually seen a copy of the Mullin in print yet? I have reviewed and returned it. It is garbage. I do not recommend it. The best book I have read on Object-oriented programming is Meyer's "Object- oriented Software Construction". Lippman is the best of the bunch for C++, as it has the most coverage of 2.0 after AT&T's docs (not for bedtime reading). Also check out Hansen's C++ Answer Book -- contains code for Stroustrup's problems. Very good code, too! Avoid Eckel's book. Hadil G. Sabbagh E-mail: sabbagh@csd27.nyu.edu Voice: (212) 998-3125 Snail: Courant Institute of Math. Sci. 251 Mercer St. New York,NY 10012 186,282 miles per second -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law!