Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780139177095 ISBN: 0139177094 Label: Prentice Hall Ptr Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Ptr Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 816 Publication Date: February 10, 1995 Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr Sales Rank: 900211 Studio: Prentice Hall Ptr
Amazon.comDespite C++'s syntactic similarities to C, the two languages are fundamentally different in nature--a fact that can complicate the task of learning C++ if you already know C. Thinking in C++ explains C++ to C programmers not just from the perspective of writing code, but from the perspective of software engineering and design--how do you conceptualize programs that exploit C++'s capabilities? With readable prose, Bruce Eckel offers a compelling explanation of what object-oriented languages in general and C++ in particular have to offer and teaches you how to apply it. The book covers not only introductory topics but advanced ones such as multiple inheritance and templates.
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Rating: - Flawed, but useful
I bought this book for a class but quit using it when I found it did not have the information I needed to complete the first assignment. The examples roll all the code up into a single file, a style of programming rarely used in the industry. He devotes space to topics not related to C++ such as Extreme Programming. The book contains annoying typos even though it is in the second edition. The explanation of the use of try, throw and catch is extremely cusory.
Rating: - Good book, lots of example code... BUT VERY VERY WORDY!
+AH4-This is a good book to learn C+-+- -- specially if you are new to the topic; it has code examples and long discussion of topics (some of which frankly is based on author's opinion). The writer is knowledgeable and well cited. He certainly has good friends giving him excellent reviews, but I found the book very very lengthy. The Stream chapter is about 70 pages. Many paragraphs, can be succinctly summarized in a sentence!
Code examples are helpful (and proven in studies to ... Read More
Rating: - Why, not only how
This book made me understand C++. After first trying with the "C++ Primer", where most examples just show how it is not, here I got how it is and why it is the way it is. But it has to be said, that the book goes from C to C++. So if one starts with C++ afresh, it needs some patience.
Rating: - The best book for beginners.
I've been writing in C++ for about five years now (and in C for about ten years before that). Reading this book changed me from a C programmer writing code that the C++ compiler would (eventually) accept, to a programmer who "thinks in C++".
If you seriously want to learn C++, and you know "C", read (and re-read) this book, and you'll know more than 90% of the people out there who call themselves C++ programmers. I can say that, because I've "tech screened" many, many dozens of alleged ... Read More
Rating: - Beware this text book
I feel this book is utter garbage. The book is confusing and full of political rederic. I really dislike this book.
- Flawed, but useful
- Why, not only how
- Beware this text book
