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- From: cflowers@atl.mindspring.com (Charles R. Flowers)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Visual C++
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 10:41:15 GMT
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- skp2813@cs.tamu.edu (Sriram K Parameswar) wrote:
-
- >Howdy,
-
- >Please accept my apologies if this has been discussed before in the newsgroup.
- >I need some advise on the following:
-
- > ** I went to buy a Visual C++ package for my PC and found a bewildering
- > array of choices. Visual C++ from Microsoft had 3 versions ranging from
- > 1.52 on, the description on the cover did not make the decision easier.
- > There was also a product from Borland with support for OLE2.0 - please
- > advise.
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- > ** Recommendation for C++ books(not visual C++) on the Unix platform.
- > Do the books by Stroustrup or Lippman cover templates??
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
- >
- >Sriram Parameswarr
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- The book by Stroustrup does cover templates, quite thoroughly in fact.
- I strongly reccommend this book for learning C++ features, or for use
- as a reference.
-
- Charlie Flowers
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