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- From: hayim@janus.la.locus.com (Hayim Hendeles)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: C++ book equivalent to K&R C
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 15:18:23 -0800
- Organization: Locus Computing Corporation, Los Angeles, California
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- Can anyone recommend a good C++ book - akin to K&R's classic on
- C programming? The beauty of K&R was that it explains things
- one time clearly, with no wasted words. Hence you have a complete
- description of the language in a relatively short book.
-
- K&R assumed you knew how to program - thus it only told you what
- you need to know about C, in a concise but complete manner. No
- wasted words and no added fluff just to make a thick book.
-
- This is IMHO the ultimate in a textbook.
-
- I would like to find an equivalent text for C++.
-
- Most of the books I have seen are huge thick books that are much
- too thick for my liking. I don't want a 1000+ page book, nor do I
- even have time for it. On the other side of the spectrum, I
- have seen smaller books which only provide a cursory overview
- of the language.
-
- I have Stroustroup's "C++ Programming Language". My problem with
- that one is that it assumes you know the language perfectly. For
- one trying to learn the language, or understand some of the more
- esoteric features of the language, oftentimes I find it incomprehensible.
-
- So are there any recommendations out there?
-
- Thanks,
- Hayim Hendeles
-
- E-mail: hayim@locus.com
-