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Summary: Just a wonderful, clear, complete and concise book
Review: This was just a breathtaking book. It loses nothing in the translation from German. I have been out of the C++ programming business for a while as the standard progressed, and this was the perfect book to get me up to speed and rekindle my interest. P.J.Plaugers book is not nearly as good as this one.
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Summary: An Excellent book from a vetran
Review: This book goes from the most technical to the easiest; I love the footnotes and other items included; Consider I learned C from the K & R book, version 1. The examples are terse, but that' great, long lengthy examples would have trippled the size of this book; I LOVE the string desc in Chap 11. Also, this book still refers to the Big O notation when calcualting the cost of algorithms/data structures etc; That's what I learned in college 15 years ago, and believe me it's a great benchmark; Highly recommended for anyone using the STL;
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Summary: A great resource for all C++ programmers
Review: This is one of the most useful books I have for C++ programming. I mainly use it as a reference and to look at examples. The beginning of the book contains very good information about the new features of the C++ language that have been added by the standard. It covers things like the proper use of the standard C++ exception classes, namespaces, and templates. It talks about what operators you need defined for your classes in order for you classes to work well with STL. It goes into all the data structures and algorithms that are included with STL and a bunch of other topics that are really cool but I rarely use, like function objects and auto pointers. STL is a lot more than I realized until I read this. For a general book that talks about problem solving or algorithms and data structures you should not choose this one. In fact to learn the theory you would get more out of writing your own data structures than using the standard library anyway. But if you are past the theory and you are tired of rewriting maps and vectors than STL is golden. This book describes STL better than any other that I have read.
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Summary: A Must for Serious C++ Programmers
Review: I have been searching for this type of STL coverage for a LONG time. Finally, a book that helps you avoid the pitfalls of using the STL. The book is thorough, and leaves you ready to "confidently" use the Standard Library without that lingering doubt of "I got it to work, but I'm not sure if I missed something that could bite me later and make me look like a fool..".
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Summary: A must have for serious C++ programmers
Review: I find this book, along with Stroustrup's "The C++ programming language" 95% of what one needs to program C++, effectively using the Standard Template Library. This book is organized excellently, with various subjects thoroughly covered and explained. It is suitable to be read as a tutorial, but is of much a better use as a reference, and is very much suited for that, with numerous tables and quick references allowing to find what you want quickly and efficiently. I also paid attention to the excellent index of this book, which never left me un-answered on an STL related question when I needed a quick ref/example to solve a problem. The examples in the book are good and very well explained, leaves place to ask for more (examples) in the next edition :)
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: This is far and away the best book on C++ or STL that I have read. Often, books on STL don't cover the "less important" stuff like exceptions, but Josuttis covers them here, together with the usual coverage of algorithms and container classes. His explanation of the auto_ptr class was a revelation. The support from Josuttis' own website is excellent. All of the code examples from the book are there. I can't fault any aspect of this book at all. It is exceptionally well written and very clear and comprehensive. It is always my first source of reference for the STL. I recommend it to anyone interested in learning the STL.
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Summary: STL and More...
Review: Mr. Josuttis offers in this book an amazingly comprehensive guide to the often bewildering C++ standard library. I originally purchased this book looking for more STL information, and I was certainly not disappointed in that respect. STL descriptions account for nearly half of the book volume. However, as non-STL questions arose, I found myself digging into this book time and time again (questions about auto_ptr, string class, allocators, etc). If you're a C++ programmer and do not already own a current (circa 1999 or later) library reference, do yourself and your code a favor and grab a copy of this book. C++ is an extremely scalable language. It's easy to use only knowing a small subset of the language and library features. Having a reference such as this one ensures that you'll be less likely to accidentally duplicate work that has already been done for you in the standard library. As far as book organization goes, I'd say that the book does lean more towards "reference" rather than "tutorial", but I never believe a book that claims to be both anyhow. Anyone interested in a pure tutorial should buy a book specifically written with that in mind. For more experienced programmers not needing quite as much hand holding, however, the book does work as advertised. Overall, I can't really recommend this book more enthusiastically.
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Summary: Not a convenient reference
Review: I was looking for a programmers reference for the standard template library and generic algorithms; one to sit on my knee to help me utilize more of the convenience and power in standard c++. This book does perform that task, but the translation makes the text a bit choppy,not a pleasant read for an English speaker. The chapter organization also demands rather too much flipping back and forth. For instance, Josuttis has separated the material on iterators from the template classes that utilize the iterators. I also don't like the code examples very much. Although they do illustrate the use of the templates and iterators, they are the minimum necessary to get by. They don't suggest the possibilities like Lippman's book, "C++ Primer" does. I would suggest anyone purchasing Josuttis' book also purchase Lippman, "C++ Primer".
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Summary: I use it a lot, and so will you if you buy it.
Review: This book is great. The organization makes sense, the author's writing is good, and the text is filled with useful code examples. About the only thing that I feel could have made this book perfect is if it contained a reference section, like those you often find in the O'Reilly texts (e.g., O'Reilly's Dynamic HTML: the Definitive Guide or JavaScript: the Definitive Guide). Too often I find myself dog-earing pages and having to flip back and forth between tables and charts. But that just demonstrates the use I get out of this book.
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Summary: THE reference for the standard C++ library
Review: The book is subtitled "a tutorial and reference". Let it be said that it is more of a reference. There are several concise examples that explain how to use the features, but the writing style is fairly terse. This book is an excellent supplement to books such as Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language". The discussion about how to use the standard library is more detailed than other books. The reason why I am giving this book five stars is because it is the best reference on the standard library that I have found anywhere. The examples are both minimal and complete -- just enough code to explain how the features should be used. I wouldn't say that this is a book you should have on your shelf -- it belongs on your desk.
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