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- From: softbase@mercury.interpath.net (Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Self Teaching
- Date: 18 Feb 1996 19:35:44 GMT
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- Dan Wesson (inde8qk@menudo.uh.edu) wrote:
- : This is a basic question that I'm sure has been asked here before
- : but, since I am new to this group, I've missed it. I'm looking
- : for a good book to use to teach myself C++. Does anybody have
- : any suggestions?
-
- : I've used 'The New C Primer Plus' for C and have seen 'The New
- : C++ Primer' on the bookstore shelfs. Any comments about this
- : specific book?
-
- Yes -- I've read shelves of C++ books, and Prata's C++ Primer
- is definitely the best one. I'd highly recommend it. It does
- a good job explaining OOP and C++. Unlike most books you can
- find in bookstores (as opposed to really expensive college
- texts), this one has definite value and quality. It's not
- like the ones where the code won't even compile (like the
- Tao of Objects -- YUCK!).
-
- Scott
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-