[NCLUG] Books?

[S. Luke Jones]

"Stephen G. Smith" wrote:
> 
> I would say to make sure any book you look at covers
> at least the ANSI standard of C++ and to make sure

Yes, definitely.

The only decent Windows-centric C++ book I know of is "Windows++"
by Paul Dilascia (ISBN: 020160891X). He uses C++ to write an
application framework -- this was in 1992, before MFC -- and it
is actually a pretty good example of how to write a large body
of code in C++ to do something that would be hard in C.

> From: "Luke Light" <llight at oneimage.com>

> >I am interested in learning C++ and was wondering if anybody would
> >recommend
> >any books?  I checked out GNU C++ For Linux, any opinions on that book?

Someone recommended Stroustrup's C++ Programming language. I honestly
can't. It's just too bloody gigantic. The K&R organizational format
worked well enough for the 1st edition, but the 2nd ed stretched it
further than it could go. The 3rd edition was just too much. Only a
C++ expert could embrace it, and if they have any taste, they won't
because Stroustrup he turned his back on *tradition* and typeset all
the code in proportional font!!! The unmitigated gall! :-)

Lippman's C++ Primer 2rd ed. (ISBN: 0201824701) is also bloody gigantic
but then again, so is C++. It would be my recommendation. (Amazon lists
this book as popular in Middletown, New Jersey. Pop over to terraserver
and enter these co-ords to see why: lat = 40.386421 lon = -74.14512.
(Doubly parenthetical thought: what a dog terraserver is!! What's up
with that: do they host with NT or something? :-) )

I'm tempted to suggest Koenig's "Accelerated C++" (ISBN: 020170353X)
but it would be sight unseen. I really liked his and Barbara Moo's
"Ruminations in C++", which isn't really for beginners. Accelerated
C++, however, *is* for beginners, and I really like his work, another
good example of which is C Traps and Pitfalls (ISBN: 0201179288).

Hope this helps,

Luke