[alt.books.technical] New Intro C++ book

dougm@zamenhof.rice.edu (Doug Moore) (05/26/91)

I spotted a new C++ book in my local bookstore today:
Developing C++ Software
Russel Winder
John Wiley & Sons, 1991
ISBN 0 471 92384 2

I have some hope that this book will end my quest for a good C++ book
for undergraduates who do not know C or Pascal already.  The book is
derived from the author's notes for a second semester course that is
an introduction to C++ for students whose first course used a
functional language.  Since that is exactly my situation, I was
immediately interested.

It is likely that I will make this book required and Horstmann's
"Mastering C++" (which I like very much but slightly misses my target
audience) optional.

I recommend that anyone attempting to teach undergraduates C++ should
take a look at it.  This is not a review; I haven't examined the book
carefully enough yet.  Maybe later, I'll post one.

Doug Moore
(dougm@rice.edu)