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- From: gl@cs.umb.edu (George Lukas)
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- Subject: A really good C++ book
- Date: 27 Feb 1996 15:30:07 GMT
- Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston
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- There is finally an excellent C++ book - C++ for Professional
- Programmers by Steve Blaha, International Thomson Computer Press. Its
- an unassuming book - the publisher didn't invest much in cover art or
- quality of paper. But it is really useful - both for learning and for
- doing. A friend I lent it to glanced through it and didn't think too
- much of the book until he used it for help while taking a short course
- on an OODB with C++ interface. Then he became a real fan of Blaha's
- book. Every principle and concept in C++ is sharply and clearly
- explained. The examples support and do not bear the burden of
- explanation as they do in most other C++ books. The book is
- completely up-to-date (at least to the end of '95) with a new features
- chapter describing things like namespaces. There are lots of
- practical issues for real programmers - porting, platform independence
- and design decision criteria. Finally, a really nice set of examples
- - in particular a chapter on encapsulating IPCs. The book assumes a
- good knowledge of C (though there is a long appendix on the C
- language), so it doesn't get bogged down in teaching C.
- George Lukas
- UMass/Boston
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