Re: [OT] Good c++ book
Jordan Mendelson <jordy@wserv.com> writes:
> Ruud de Rooij wrote:
> >
> > Jordan Mendelson <jordy@wserv.com> writes:
> >
> > > I've got a copy of The Complete Reference: C++ Third Edition here by Herbert
> > > Schildt (ISBN: 0-07-882476-1). It covers ANSI Standard C and C++ and has a
> > > very well done section on STL.
> >
> > I don't know anything about C++, but Schildt's books about C aren't
> > that good. See for example http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html
> > or ask around in comp.lang.c.
>
> This particular book got a very high rating and is very complete. There are
> some things which are missing, some of the SGI STL extensions, but they aren't
> standard anyway. It does have a good section on RTTI and the standard I/O
> library which I found quite useful. The sections on wchar/wstring were a bit
> small however, but most of it's the same as char/string.
>
> The STL reference is very well done and quite understandable. There could have
> been more examples, but the writing was quite clear unlike a lot of other
> books I've read.
>
> I'd recommend this book to anyone who has previous experience with C++ or C.
A very good reference is "The C++ Programming language" by Bjarne
Stroustrup. If he doesn´t know about C+, who else.
May the Source be with you.
Goswin
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