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- From: sstryker@sover.net (Stew Stryker)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Any Good Books on C++
- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 11:26:14 -0400
- Organization: Southern Vermont Network
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- Bret Bieghler wrote:
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- [snip]
- >Compiler manuals? yuckkkkkkkkkkk....
-
- Ditto.
-
- I worked through "Teach Yourself C++ Programming in 21 Days" by Jesse
- Liberty, and found it pretty good.
-
- My background: I've read some C and took a course long ago, but certainly
- didn't know it. But I've learned and used 8 different languages, so didn't
- think a new one would be that tough. I was wrong.
-
- Book's pros:
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- - Many code examples which clearly showed the concepts
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- - Decent ability to use as reference manual
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- - Good explanations of what's going on in the code examples
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- - Good analogies and examples of why you'd use a technique, as well as
- comparisons between when you'd use one technique over another
-
- Book's cons:
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- - Typos. Not bad in the beginning, but they seemed to get worse as the
- book went on. I had to re-read a section about 5 times before I became
- convinced that there was a major typo in the code examples, rather than
- that I was just stupid, stupid, stupid!
-
- I sent email to the author, but was never graced with a reply.
-
- - Example code is available on floppy, but only for an additional $20 to
- the author. Since the book as $30 in the first place, I think it should
- have included the floppy. On the other hand, I think you learn some by
- typing in the code yourself.
-
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- Now I just gotta start using C++ at work to get this to sink in!
-
- Stew
-