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Summary: This book is for people who already know C.
Review: I wish books like this would just state somewhere, "Hey, this book is for people who already know C. Don't buy this if you're a beginner to C or C++."
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Summary: The authors assume too much
Review: This might have been a good book on C++ programming if the authors did not assume any prior knowledge of C++ on the reader's part. The way information is presented in the book is much too difficult to grasp (and i'm not a beguinner in programming) - the reader is drowned by the complexity (or maybe good explanation) of programming examples. I do understand that the authors know a lot about C++, but the book falls short of trying to explain the language in a clear and easy-to-understand manner. The bottom line is - look somewhere else for a good C++ textbook. P.S. The book that i personally liked reading is called "C++ primer plus".
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Summary: Very confusing, shows what NOT to do without explanation
Review: I have used this book extensively and although the authors are well-known C++ experts, I find their method of showing (with code) what not to do a poor teaching and reference mechanism...the code that they demonstrate is often not followed up with corrected code and it is all very fragmented. Please note: this is not in any way a beginners book!
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Summary: Yes, simply great.
Review: I agree with all other reviewers. They said all I wanted to say
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Summary: whether it is a primer depends on how you read it...
Review: This book is very comprehensive. It contains detailed explanation on every feature of C++. Don't try to grab everything at a time. Way too much information for you to digest. It is not a book you should read from the first page to the last. You have to judiciously skip some parts then 'zoom in' if necessary.
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Summary: Disorganized, hard to use, uninformative - waste of money
Review: A good reference book should a) allow you to find things, and b) tell you something useful when you get there.This book does neither. No single subject is covered comprehesively. Subjects that *are* discussed are dispersed throughought the 1200-page book haphazardly and are poorly indexed. Important implementation details of template classes and functions are omitted, or are presented in fragments hundreds of pages apart. To give you a sense of the kind of books I like: I hated Stroustrup's books for these same reasons. I liked Kernighan and Ritchie a lot. Kochan's "Programming in ANSI C" was good. Meyers' books were good. If these opinions are in the ballpark for you - cut and run now. Lippman won't do it for you.
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Summary: it is 100% about C++
Review: I have many books on C++ and most of them are 90% on C and at most 10% on C++. This is a book about C++! Though I would agree with another reviewer that it is not a real "primer". It is a book for people who have a programming background. Other than that this is an EXCELLENT book.
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Summary: For those gave less than 5 stars.....
Review: For those gave less than 5 stars and gave some other C++ books high marks, please respect C++ programmer's intelligence... C++ might be a complex language. For a programming language, it does not need to be that complex.However, as a C++ book, you really really need to appreciact the authers knowledge in C++. It is an excellent C++ book, even though C++ might be an excellent OOP language. I recommand this book to all C++ programmers.
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Summary: not for beginner...
Review: I found this book hard to follow. Information is so scattered. There is an overview for the whole book, for every part and every chapter! sometime you see something like 'I'll explain later'. but until then I'm already confused. One biggest shortcome of online book shopping is that you can't preview and compare the books with similar topics. So before you hit the 'submit order' button, you had better preview the book from other source. I found 'customer review' sometime not trustworthy.
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Summary: Definitely among the best available for improving your C++
Review: As a young software developer hungry to learn, I find myself sorting through a large number of computer books to find the well-written ones that are worth investing my time and money in. After reading and using Lippman's C++ Primer, I strongly recommend it as among the best for anyone with programming experience who's interested with improving their understanding of C++. If you're completely new to object-oriented languages, I'd recommend a more introductory text first such as Deitel's C++ How To Program.
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