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Summary: Essential Book For Anyone Involved in C Programming
Review: By far the most used reference book on my desk. I purchased the first edition in college and still find it the best reference for those things you learned but quickly forgot.
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Summary: Beware
Review: For detailed comments, do a dejanews search on 'Herbert Schildt' in comp.lang.c++.moderated before buying this book!
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Summary: Hard to read. Poorly organized. Definately NOT BEGINNERS!
Review: I already knew C when i started using this book. This book is for experienced programmers only.Even if you are an experienced programmer, you will find this book extremely hard to read due to the fact that IT'S COMPLETELY TEXT. NO PICTURES AT ALL. The text itself is poorly written with briefy explanations that keep the reader guessing. Examples are there but the important code is not differentiated from the rest of the code. A much much better c++ is or should be written. If you are thinking of buying this book, do yourself a favor, go read the man pages and save your money!
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Summary: An excellent C++ tutorial
Review: I am an experienced C and assembly language programmer who needed to learn C++. I have no patience for books that do not communicate information quickly and clearly. I am even particular about the typeface and layout. This book is very satisfying on all counts. It is lucid, gets to the point, presents information in a logical order, is easy to read and is full of meaningful examples that do not waste your time or skip the important stuff. Even the layout is pleasing and conducive to learning the material I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: An excellent C++ tutorial
Review: I am an experienced C and assembly language programmer who needed to learn C++. I have no patience for books that do not communicate information quickly and clearly. I am even particular about the typeface and layout. This book is very satisfying on all counts. It is lucid, gets to the point, presents information in a logical order, is easy to read and is full of meaningful examples that do not waste your time or skip the important stuff. Even the layout is pleasing and conducive to learning the material I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Jump Right into it!!
Review: I have gone through 3 C++ books. They started at the beginning with C stuff, and then introduced elemental C++ stuff and very little exercises. Herberts book is different, he jumps right in, by page 2 you are already coding C++, by page 30 you have left classes behind, creating your own classes!!. Is he in a hurry? No!! He gives so many exercises. Plus he gives answers to all the exercises, so you can look at his logic and code in your own way or write his code and make ammendments. Herberts books have so much stuff!!!! He does not just give you basic stuff, but all the intricate and little bends and corners. He explains well. Do you need C before this? I know some C, at least the basics, I did get his book on C becos his exercise answers have some stiff C stuff. What I do is if I have some problem, I revise my C with his C book, which is excellent. But he doesn't teach you how to program or how to make algorithims so better have some elementary programming experience, programmers from other languages. If you know C, this book will be easy to follow. If you don't get one, spend some time knowing fundamental things like variables, functions, pointers, arrays, structures, unions, control statements. Just know the concepts and write some practice programs. DON'T get too into C as the thinking pattern is different. Get this book if you want to jump right into C++. You won't be bored. Get his book also on C.
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Summary: Excellent for beginners
Review: I have only started the first few chapters of this book, and I love it already! I had some minimal experience with Qbasic from high school, and after that nothing except "trying" to dabble in Perl, Javascript and Java without any success. After reading all the online tutorials I could find, I got frustrated and bought this book. In one evening's reading I have already tripled what I could gather from all other sources combined. I would also like to add that I like this approach better than the "C for Dummies" books - it doesn't assume you are stupid, just inexperienced. One negative comment - he uses the phrase "Don't Worry" all the time. I keep saying to myself "Be happy" in my best Bobby McFerrin voice all the time in response. :-)
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Summary: This book is the best way to learn C++.
Review: I have read many books on C++ and have never found them as exciting as this one. The flow of this book is too good to believe. You cannot simply go wrong if you are reading this book. You never forget anything if you read it from this book. It is a bible for beginners in C++.
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Summary: Excellent book for programmers who know basic C++ syntax.
Review: I heartily recommend this book to all who already know the basic C++ syntax and want to know more about programming using classes. I teach at a Community College and wish I could use this book for students. It contains clear, concise explanations, and has questions at the beginning and end of every chapter. Great for self-study or for classroom use.
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Summary: Easy to read, and understand.
Review: I like this book more than other because it's really
easy to read. It's clear, while many other books
bring you far away from the concepts behind C++.
It's also very cheap.
The result is obtained with a deep didactical
approach, which makes the learning really
natural.
You'll not feel lost in front of C++
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