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- From: anglico@ix.netcom.com(Anglico)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Books for a C++ class
- Date: 6 Apr 1996 03:45:35 GMT
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- In <4juklo$bi@news.iag.net> jbriatic@phoenixint.com (Joseph Briatico)
- writes:
- >
- >I am teaching a course at a local community college and I am looking
- for a new textbook. I am currently using Thinking in C++ by Bruce
- Eckel. I love the book but my students are having a lot of trouble with
- it. He describes a lot of the internals of the language. Most of the
- students get frustrated with that since they really don't understand
- compilers and precompilers. A lot of my students like the book "C++ for
- dummies" but I do not want to use this book because of the title.
- >Does anyone have any suggestions?
- >
- >Thanks,
- >Joe Briatico
- >jbriatic@phoenixint.com
-
- Well I like the one called "Problem solving,Abstraction, and Design
- using C++" about $45.00 at my bookstore.
-