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- From: willer@carolian.com (Steve Willer)
- Subject: Re: Recommendations for C++ Book
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- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 19:58:52 GMT
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- Kristian Swartz <kswartz@bnr.ca> wrote:
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- >I am looking for a good C++ reference book. I am fairly familiar with the
- >language itself and am more interested in a text that explains the libraries
- >out there. For example, those familiar with "The C Programming Language" by
- >Kernighan and Ritchie have a good idea of what type of book I am looking for.
- >There are Appendices at the end of the book listing a good amount of libraries
- >and functions. This information is more important to me than an explanation
- >of classes, templates, and so forth (I already have a book for that). Any
- >suggestions?
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- These are the "required reading" from my own style guide:
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- Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language"
- Stroustrup, "The Annotated C++ Reference Manual"
- Meyers, "Effective C++"
- Meyers, "More Effective C++"
- Gamma et al., "Design Patterns"
-