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Summary: Do Yourself A Favor...
Review: ...do not buy this book unless you have to for a class (like I had to). Obscure and incomplete examples are the order of the day. (refer to the comments about Johnsonbaugh's Discrete Mathematics book - they apply to both books - I'm trudging through that disaster now). Buy the Bjarne Strousup C++ book instead.
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Summary: One of the few C++ books that actually helped me
Review: I found this book well-written and illustrated. The person below who complained about the mathematical problem should probably reconsider programming if he/she doesn't understand the most basic summation notation. Anyone who has had the appropriate mathematics background to become a programmer will easily understand this book.
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Summary: One of the few C++ books that actually helped me
Review: I found this book well-written and illustrated. The person below who complained about the mathematical problem should probably reconsider programming if he/she doesn't understand the most basic summation notation. Anyone who has had the appropriate mathematics background to become a programmer will easily understand this book.
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Summary: Excellent for learning syntax
Review: I have a couple of Maths degrees and a professional IT background with a lot of Assembler coding (IBM mainframe) and wanted a book which would teach me C++ syntax quickly and without talking to me as though I had 3 brain cells. This met my needs perfectly. I found it clear, logical and easy to read, and the exercises brought out the points raised in the text. If you don't have a bit of Maths/IT background, this is probably not the right book for you, but for someone in the field wanting to learn the language with a minimum of fuss, it's great.
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Summary: This book is the best
Review: I learned C++ programming in five weeks just with this book. I got A+ in class. Those reviewers who have negative reviews on this book, is becuase they do not have programming skills or good math, Java, and C background.I recomend this book for these who have previous experience in programming and want to learn C++ independently.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I'm surprised by the negative reviews this book got. This book is excellent for beginner's level. That's why the professors of some of the reviewers below require it for the class. However, if you already know C, reading this book is like a breeze. It covers all fundamental C++ concepts with a style which is very easy to understand and graps. I have 4 books in C++ (including ones by Stroustrup, Lipman) and this book is the best for beginner's level.
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Summary: Easy to follow
Review: I've taken 2 Java courses as well as Pre-Calc, 2 Discrete Maths, and Calculus. To me this book is well written. The examples are easy to follow and clearly demonstrate use of code (if you know the basics).
I would not recommend this if you have never taken programming before. At my university 2 semesters of programming are required before taking the C++ course that uses this book.
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Summary: Easy to follow
Review: I've taken 2 Java courses as well as Pre-Calc, 2 Discrete Maths, and Calculus. To me this book is well written. The examples are easy to follow and clearly demonstrate use of code (if you know the basics).
I would not recommend this if you have never taken programming before. At my university 2 semesters of programming are required before taking the C++ course that uses this book.
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Summary: Really bad
Review: Like the other reviewer said, do *NOT* buy this book unless it is required for classwork. The explanations of many concepts in this book are so poor, you will simply have to buy another book to understand them. It really makes you wonder if the author(s) actually use C++ themselves. It's almost like these guys are really C programmers that couldn't really explain C++ concepts. The exercises attempt to reinforce concepts within the chapters, but they are so cryptic it will take you a significant amount of time just to determine what they are really asking for. Some of the exercises are 5-minute solutions that require an hour of thought to comprehend the question, because the question is presented HORRIBLY. For example: Write a program that computes the sum: n E 1/i^2 i=1 (E = summation) in two ways. First, in the order 1 + 1/2^2 + 1/3^2 + ... and then in the order 1/n^2 + 1/(n-1)^2 + ... Use two different functions to compute the sums for n = 10, 100, 1000, and 10000. ------ Ok, assuming you understand the question (many people didn't) the entire point of the problem is to see that the results of the two orders are different over time, for increasing values of n. The problem is, this exercise doesn't explain this, and if you don't use doubles, your results will be exactly the same for values of n to 10,000. Stuff like this happens on almost every page of this text. Again, avoid this book unless you have no choice but to buy it. It will battle you every step of the way.
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