shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) (12/24/90)
we've all got our kernighan/ritchie's sitting on our desks for the standard c questions, but is there a similar c++ type bible? i've futzed through the gigantic selection of c++ books in bookstores around here, but none jump out at me as a definitive reference text. also, it would be interesting to hear from folks who have actually done large apps in c++ on the cube - what the issues are, how hard it was, how tough it was to integrate obj-c/c++ classes, design issues, etc, etc, etc. shawn broderick shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu
philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) (12/25/90)
In article <SHAWN.90Dec24072815@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>, shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes: |> |> we've all got our kernighan/ritchie's sitting on our desks for the |> standard c questions, but is there a similar c++ type bible? i've futzed |> through the gigantic selection of c++ books in bookstores around here, |> but none jump out at me as a definitive reference text. Two things you might consider: 1. read comp.lang.c++ 2. get The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, M.A. Ellis and B. Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1990. ISBN 0-201-51459-1 - not a beginner's book, but the most complete reference (referred to on comp.lang.c++ as ARM or E&S). Unfortunately, ARM doesn't include the standard libraries. You can find most of what you need in this area in C++ Primer, S.B. Lippman, Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0-201-16487-6. One of the better beginner's books (assumes prior programming experience, but not C or C++). -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu
geoff@circus.camex.com (Geoffrey Knauth) (12/27/90)
In article <SHAWN.90Dec24072815@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes: >we've all got our kernighan/ritchie's sitting on our desks for the >standard c questions, but is there a similar c++ type bible? If I had to buy only 2 C++ books (instead of the 6+ I have bought), I would get: 1. "C++ Primer" by Lippman (Addison-Wesley #16487) 2. "The Annotated C++ Reference Manual" by Ellis and Stroustrup (Addison-Wesley #51459) Geoffrey S. Knauth geoff@bos.camex.com Camex, Inc., 75 Kneeland St. geoff%bos.camex@uunet.uu.net Boston, MA 02111, (617) 426-3577 x451 --standard disclaimers--
fruitbat@netcom.UUCP (Thomas Fruchterman) (12/27/90)
I have to make a plug for what I think is the best C++ book : _Programming in C++_ by Dewhurst and Stark. Get Lippman for a reference, but the D&tells you what it is all FOR.
zack@bosslog.UUCP (Zacharias Beckman) (01/02/91)
In article <SHAWN.90Dec24072815@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes: >we've all got our kernighan/ritchie's sitting on our desks for the >standard c questions, but is there a similar c++ type bible? i've futzed >through the gigantic selection of c++ books in bookstores around here, >but none jump out at me as a definitive reference text. The definitive work is The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, an ANSI base document, by Bjarne Stroustrup and Margaret Ellis, ISBN #0-201-51459-1. Hope 'ya enjoy it! Now if only NeXT would link C++ and IB together as well as Objective-C... -- Zacharias J. Beckman | God grant me Serenity to accept things I can't change, Lower Code Dweller | Courage to change those I can, Boss Logic Inc. | and Wisdom to know the difference. zack@bosslogic.com | --- Sinead O'Conner.