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Title: Visual C++ 6: The Complete Reference by William Murray, Chris H. Pappas ISBN: 0-07-882510-5 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.74 (27 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Lots of info, but where???
Comment: As this book is called "The Complete Reference" for C++, I bought it, hoping to use it as a reference when I needed to remember how a certain function or keyword worked. And where do you usually go if you want reference?
The index. The dreaded index.
This book has *THE* worst index I have ever seen in a book. Reading the 16 page table of contents is a better way to find a particular subject. Want to know about "copy constructor"? Not in the index. "const"? Not there. "Conversions"? "Doc/View"? One page each. There IS a lot of information in this book, but you really have to want it.
Rating: 5
Summary: C++ Book
Comment: My step-father once wrote a book for Osborne that was 600 pages. I know the amount of work he put into it. This book is 1000+ pages - what a feat.
I bought this book because I have been programming in C and needed to convert to C++. The authors did a good job of showing examples in both C and C++, so that people like me could make the transition.
Overall, the book was nothing but excellant. The authors posted their code on Osborne's web site, so it was really time saving when it came to testing their programs.
I did not find any technical errors in the book (one or two typos), found the style and manner of presentation great and really learned how to get my C++ code up and running.
Rating: 5
Summary: a lot for my money
Comment: I actually bought this book after buying the author's book on Debugging. I already wrote a review of the Debugging book - it was great and helped me out of a real problem.
This complete reference book was also up to the level of the book I just mentioned. While I already knew most of the standard C and C++ material, what I didn't know was the STL material they presented. They showed how to use the STL in standard programs, but then rolled it into MFC programs. They did this in a way, even us newbys could understand.
Great book, guys. Keep writing more.
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Title: C++: The Complete Reference by Herbert Schildt ISBN: 0078824761 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 01 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Special Edition Using Visual C++ 6 by Kate Gregory ISBN: 0789715392 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 14 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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