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Title: C++ Primer Plus (4th Edition) by Stephen Prata ISBN: 0-672-32223-4 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (88 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive and Comprehensible
Comment: I don't think I could have asked for a better C++ guide than Steven Prata's C++ Primer Plus. I started learning the language flat-footed, that is, I didn't even know C. I am now writing C++ professionally and 95% of everything I know about the language came from this book.
Prata is a master instructor. His examples for illustrating classes, inheritance, and language syntax are almost always clear and helpful, as are his practice problems. He is also a great technical writer. In these days when most software instruction books read like they are written by the computers they are supposed to help us deal with, "C++ Primer Plus" has a refreshingly human tone of voice.
Be warned, you won't find absolutely everything in this book. I would have added a few extra pages to include a couple of things in the STL that Prata decided to leave out. And, if you're like I was and don't know C, you will find that "C++ Primer Plus" will leave you missing out on a few very helpful features of C, like variable length argument lists and several I/O routines. Kernighan and Richie's "C" book is a much recommended supplement. But, given the size of C++, it was inevitable that something would have to go. Any other C++ book will have similar problems.
Eminently readable, largely comprenhensive, it's a great way to learn C++.
Rating: 5
Summary: Clear, concise, and easy to read while staying informative.
Comment: As a newcomer to C++ (and C), I had a previous background in Pascal and Quick Basic. I had looked through numerous books on the subject before checking the reviews here, and decided to pick up this book as my basic tutorial. One of the things that decided the issue for me was the apparantly extensive discussion of Classes and OOP.
Having had the book for 2 weeks now, and working through it while nailing down three jobs, I have to say that the money was well worth it. Complete examples are given, along with notes for the programs, for each new command and concept. The notable exception has been on the early section covering data formats similar to structures (Unions and Enumerations). I found this section to be confusing and thus skimmed it with hopes that they will be explained later.
The exercises in the back of each chapter are actually fun, mainly because they're manageable. As a side note, I do wonder how much material in this book overlaps that of the Waite's Guide to OOP using C++, since I am also thinking about getting that book. Any comments on this would be greatly appreciated (my e-mail is listed in this review).
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, excellent
Comment: For someone without any programming experience at all, this book opened my eyes to programming. Clearly presented and concise. Should be a must read for anyone interested in learning about computers and programming.
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Title: C Primer Plus (4th Edition) by Stephen Prata ISBN: 0672322226 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 19 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: American Cities and Technology : Wilderness to Wired City (Cities and Technology) by Gerrylynn K. Roberts, Philip Steadman, Open University ISBN: 0415200849 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
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Title: Parallel Myths by J.F. Bierlein ISBN: 0345381467 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 11 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup ISBN: 0201700735 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $64.99 |
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Title: Society and Technological Change by Rudi Volti ISBN: 1572599529 Publisher: Worth Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.10 |
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