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Best C++ Book to get?

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  • L Lost User

    Very good choices!

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    Sathesh Sakthivel
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    Thanks Mitchel

    Regards, Satips.:rose:

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    • S Sarath C

      One more. C++: a hands on approach by Eric Nagler

      -Sarath_._ "Great hopes make everything great possible" - Benjamin Franklin

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      Sathesh Sakthivel
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      Sarath. wrote:

      C++: a hands on approach by Eric Nagler

      Ok Sarath, I will add it to My Library. Thanks, I am Just thinking how i missed that book.

      Regards, Satips.:rose:

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      • G ggraham412

        Those are all great books and have a place in my library, so I'm going to mention an oddball choice: C+C++: Programming With Objects in C and C++ by Allen Holub (McGraw-Hill, 1992). If you happen to have a background in C, this is a great choice because it actually goes into a lot of the details of what is actually happening in a C++ program from a C perspective. A little dated perhaps, but take a look.

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        Sathesh Sakthivel
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        ggraham412 wrote:

        A little dated perhaps, but take a look.

        I will look into that.

        Regards, Satips.:rose:

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        • S Sathesh Sakthivel

          Code2326 wrote:

          "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup

          That book is good one. And also there are some of the good book which i am having are C++ Primer (3rd Edition) Stanley B. Lippman, Josée LaJoie, ISBN 0201824701. Effective C++ (2nd Edition). Scott Meyers, ISBN 0201924889. More Effective C++. Scott Meyers, ISBN 020163371X. Generic Programming and the STL. Matt Austern, ISBN 0201309564. The C++ Standard Library : A Tutorial and Reference. Nicolai M. Josuttis. ISBN 0201379260. C++ FAQs, 2nd edition. Marshall Cline, Greg Lomow, Mike Girou, ISBN 0201309831. Hope all the books are good.

          Regards, Satips.

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          Kevin McFarlane
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          I have a few on this list and I'm aware of the others but I don't think any of them are good as first books. I don't have a recommendation though. I actually learnt years ago from Que's Turbo C++ book, which was mostly about C++ and almost nothing about Turbo. At the time I thought it was excellent but is of course way out of date, and departs greatly from recommended style even of 13 years ago.

          Kevin

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          • A Andrew Pearson

            Is it possible to talk you out of learning c++? unless you are an embedded person then I would not recommned c++ these days. In saying that, the way i learnt c++ was by doing. These days your best references are the c++ faq (google it) and very basic c++ book, like one of the sams versions. If you pick it up, you will go beyond the basics. A good mentor helps a lot. If you do not have a mentor then news groups and forums are the next best thing. But, c++ is an aweful language. Its pretty much an OO veneer over assembly (which i also know :). Its easy to write bad code, and its hard to write truly robust code. Without a critical senior person to constructively provide you guidance c++ can be a dangerous thing. IF you dont have a good reason for learning c++ then dont.

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            Kevin McFarlane
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            Andrew Pearson wrote:

            But, c++ is an aweful language.

            I'm surprised you haven't been flamed Andrew.:)

            Andrew Pearson wrote:

            IF you dont have a good reason for learning c++ then dont.

            I can sympathise with that.

            Kevin

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            • C Code2326

              What book or web page did you learn C++ from? I need suggestions because I just don't know where to look X| Thanks in advance. I'm currently eyeing on "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup, but I don't know if that's a good book.

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              sameermb
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              I would suggest to start with "Thinking in C++". Its more informative than other starter books & easy to digest :). Really, "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup is heavy for beginers, but for experts its amazing.

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                What book or web page did you learn C++ from? I need suggestions because I just don't know where to look X| Thanks in advance. I'm currently eyeing on "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup, but I don't know if that's a good book.

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                Tarun Kr
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                Hi, If you want to be master in C++ and you dont know anything about C/C++. Then you should read the books in following order: 1. Let Us C 2. The C Programming language by Ker & Richie 3. Any simple C++ book like Robert Lafore (or) Let Us C++ Now the struggle starts: 4. Thinking in C++ 5. Book by Stroupstrup I think those are enough for you. I have read Thinking in C++ and now studying Stroupstrup book. Regards Tarun tarun_agg2002_03@yahoo.co.in

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                  What book or web page did you learn C++ from? I need suggestions because I just don't know where to look X| Thanks in advance. I'm currently eyeing on "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup, but I don't know if that's a good book.

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                  Mihai Hangan
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                  I went for "Thinking in C++" by Bruce Eckel. It helped me a lot and I think it is ideal for starters.

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                  • S sameermb

                    I would suggest to start with "Thinking in C++". Its more informative than other starter books & easy to digest :). Really, "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup is heavy for beginers, but for experts its amazing.

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                    Mihai Hangan
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                    I couldn't have said it better ;)

                    Hetfield

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                      What book or web page did you learn C++ from? I need suggestions because I just don't know where to look X| Thanks in advance. I'm currently eyeing on "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup, but I don't know if that's a good book.

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                      MTR7431
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                      I Read Object-Oriented Programming in C++ 3rd ed written by Lafore,Robert W. I enjoyed it very much. MTR

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