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Summary: I hate this book
Review: UNREADABLE!!!
Although I am using C++ for more than 5 years, in many topics I could not understand what he mean. It is said that he is the inventor of C++ language, but BE SURE that this has no effect on this book. Also having a good knowledge does not mean that he would be a good author.Also, the coding convention this guy is really TERRIFIC! Anyway, FORGET ABOU THIS BOOK.
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Summary: excellent reference for a changing language
Review: This book is excellent, if you want to learn C++, it is a must have.
The language is still maturing but I look forward to future revisions of this book!
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Summary: The Best - Some clarifications
Review: I have already reviewed this book here, but i repeat myself to make some things clear concerning unfair criticism. 1) As i said you must have read some introductory book before start reading this one. But after you read this you will have finished with C++ as a language. It is the best C++ book and it makes you a guru. 2) The first 3 chapters are a quick tour of the language. When you finish these 3 chapters you are *not* expected to have understood completely what you have read. As it is mentioned, "you will understand everything in detail later". 3) To learn from this book, you must read it *sequentially*. It is not possible to see the STL implementations without having read the chapter for the templates for example. All the criticism i have seen here, is because of the fact that these people have not *read* the book as they should. 4) The book goes into *suffocating* details, it provides the language features together with their *implementations* so for someone to understand what he reads, he must have read *all* the preceding material of the page he looks at. In summary, read this book sequentially and not randomly if you want to understand.
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Summary: If you need remember what is C++, this is the book.
Review: If you need remember what is C++, this is the book. The book is not for beginners programmers: no tutorials, no examples well explained.
The book donÂ't have trick, compiler implementation or constructed decision language.
The book show the standard, simply the standard...
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Summary: Very thorough treatment of C++
Review: I guess one wouldn't expect anything less from the designer of the language than a book that goes into extreme detail. This book is a valuable reference for those who really want to know the details of C++. It starts with the basics of the language and moves into higher level constructions, such as the STL. Through the book, Stroustrup is clear to describe exactly how the language behaves and what parts of C++ are implementation specific details. There are even bits of humor hidden in all of those pages.As other reviews have mentioned, this is not a good book for beginners. In fact, I don't think it is a good book for an experience programmer starting out with C++. If you are in either of those categories I recommend looking for something simpler. If you start out with this book you'll find yourself lost in the details. However, for those that are experienced programmers and know the fundmentals of C++, this book will serve as a valuable reference.
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Summary: This book and C++ reminds me of ITU documentation ([stinks]!)
Review: Pretty unreadable stuff. So what if he invented the language, he is standing on the shoulders of giants at ATT and elsewhere. C++ as shown and as implemented is extremely difficult to develop, support and maintain properly. It produces bloated, unreadable code that in the best of worlds with the best of software engineers would be great. Unfortunately in the real world with real software hacks it isn't... Forget about debugging templates, try that for fun!
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Summary: Perfect for students, not so much for beginners.
Review: I was frightened when I borrowed this book from the library for the first time. Older students told me that C++ would be impossible for me (a second term CS guy). However, after reading the first chapters, Mr. Stroustrup's simple and objective language captivated me (I'm talking about his English Language here, not C++ yet). If it serves as enlightenment: Stroustrup sounds a little less funny than Knuth, but equally light. I must state, however, that if I didn't have some knowledge on programming, computers AND programming computers (after all, that's the carreer I once picked for me) I would neither be able to appreciate nor to understand all this book has to offer. Before starting, Stroustrup (re)introduces the basic programming approaches. That won't be enough if the reader completely ignores what is Modular or Procedural Programming, but the averagely experimented programmer/student will have these concepts fresh in their minds by the time the interesting things start. The author explains every important feature of C++ with practical and concise examples, focusing only on what is important: the use of the language, not the development of efficient algorithms. The begginner C++ programmer will surely not be scared (or bored) of reading all through the pieces of sample code -- time after time -- until perfect comprehension is achieved. The chapters are almost discrete and one can tell what is only "a better C" and what is the "++" part of the language. First the basics are completely explained and then the prepared reader can calmly read the chapters about Classes, Templates, Exceptions and Streams, the fancy pieces of C++. The chapters about design, although brief, make this book more complete. This is one of the best technical books I've ever read. And it was not written be read only once. The reader will feel the need to keep this book at the reach of his hand as long as his programming days last. After finishing it I was ready to start my new life as a beginner C++ programmer and prone to indicate it to anyone who asks me for the name of a good book on a good programming language.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: All C++ related topics in one book. From syntax to design.
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Summary: If you write C++ you need it.
Review: Unfortunately it's not either a good learning text or a good reference text. This book pales to its predicessor "The Annotated C++" which was a good reference book. It does try to be everything for everyone and as usual with this, isn't. You really need IOStreams by Langer &Kreft, for a full discussion on streams and Locales, Exceptional C++ by Sutter for exceptions, The Standard Library by Josuttis, and Accellerated C++ by Koening and Moo to learn it. But there are some questions and examples which are not covered at all in those other books and for that you need a copy of this one by your desk.
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Summary: Definitive
Review: Though this book is not necessarily for the beginner (although my first C++ book was the first edition of this book), this book contains everything you need to know about beginning, intermediate, and advanced C++ syntax and sematics. There are better references for the template library, and better tutorials for the beginner, but to learn the language completely, this book is it. At least make it the second C++ book that you buy.
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