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- From: maxtal@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (John MAX Skaller)
- Subject: Re: c++ & c+++
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.113812.24623@ucc.su.OZ.AU>
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- References: <1992Nov8.235940.1@vax1.bham.ac.uk> <24119@alice.att.com> <BxGqHw.4IK@unx.sas.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:38:12 GMT
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- In article <BxGqHw.4IK@unx.sas.com> sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) writes:
-
- >|> The ARM is for language laywers and implementors and focusses on language
- >|> details and implementation techniques. Trying to learn C++ from the ARM is
- >|> a mistake; it would be like trying to learn English from a dictionary.
- >
- >Agreed. What you would miss by not having ARM is the "annotations"
- >(which are of technical interest, some historical interest, and at
- >times amusing). No "normal person" trying to learn C++ now needs
- >ARM.
-
- I dont agree. No one in their right mind should attempt to
- write C++ without the bible. It is THE reference. I learned C++
- by reading the ARM (and a couple of other books as well).
- I admit I read it more that once though ... :-)
-
- Personally, I recommend Meyers Object Oriented Software Construction,
- even though it describes Eiffel and not C++, IMHO it is one of the best
- books I have read for some time.
-
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