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- From: object@interlog.com (Nicholas Scott)
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- Subject: Re: Definitive "streams" definition - books, where?
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:35:09 GMT
- Organization: The Object Group
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- Brian Leach <lasbfl@aai.arco.com> wrote:
-
- >John P. Atkinson wrote:
- >>
- >> I found the following reference in "C++ FAQs" by Marshall Cline and Greg Lomow. This is the book
- >> version of the FAQs that appear here in comp.lang.c++, but the book is a much deeper, richer
- >> resource. The index alone makes it the first book I reach for. Get it. Keep it handy. And check
- >> out FAQ #466 on page 445-446, which calls out
-
- I don't think this book is all that hot.
- It's hard to put my finger precisely on what is wrong but some
- keywords might be (consultant, literacy, IBM, metaphor, eclectic...
- and so on.)
-
- Meyer's books cover roughly the same ground but are much better.
-
- >>
- >> Teale, Steve (1993), C++ IOStreams Handbook, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
- >>
- >> I haven't bought this one yet. If you get it, let me know what you think.
- >>
- >> --
- >> --John Atkinson Data/Ware Development, Inc.
- >
- >John,
-
- Once you get past the basics iostreams are an arid topic.
- Arid, that is, if you have no appreciation for great design.
- Do you have access to the source code... that can be a great help.
- I don't know what platforms you have access to but MS used to have
- very good documentation... Borland used to supply complete source.
-
- Iostreams is a class library for an abstract domain. A novel you are
- not going to get. Keep at it and you will be rewarded.
-
- >I have this book and have read through it several times
- >and still don't understand the topic. It is not well
- >organized as a reference, but I have not found any
- >alternative.
-
- There is another book... although I have not read it.
- Teale's book is just fine. I suggest you give it another look.
-
- >
- >-Brian :-(
- >lasbfl@aai.arco.com
-
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