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Summary: Excellent!!Easy to read and understand!
Review: This book is my favourite among all the books of C/C++ I ever got,the author is expert on what he is writing,I have read 6 chapters in one day,believe it or not,this was because it's so interesting,and even after I finished the course I kept reading it,now after 2 years of graduatuion it is there on my desk,I read from it very often,I advise everybody who wants to learn and enjoy C++ to go for this book (Excellent!!)
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Summary: good for beginners only
Review: This book is very good for people picking up C++ from a background in C. The examples are short and to the point, but not compelling as to why certain features of C++ are really necessary. OOP (OOA or OOD) is essentially NOT covered, and readers are advised to pick up a book like "Mastering OO Design in C++" by Horstmann (Wiley) to learn OOP in C++
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Summary: Comprehensive but a bit dry
Review: This book's great strength is also its only weakness. It is unbelievably comprehensive in the fundamentals of ANSI C. I knew that, like all books that covered only ANSI C, graphics and sound would not be included (few standardized graphics and sound libs), but the information is more than enough to really get you going. There are so many excersizes that it can start to get a bit dull, but you certainly won't forget anything for quite a while to come.
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Summary: The teaching methods are somewhat flat
Review: This is a book full of examples, but the teaching methods seem to be insufficient; especially the layout and design of the book are somewhat flat. It contains no pictures, no extra sections for emphasizing tricky subjects, but only a huge number of examples... So you might spend considerable time browsing and solving those example questions. There are solutions for each question at the end of the book.
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Summary: Not for beginners
Review: This is a good book if you know a little C but would like to expand on that. It contains lots of examples, questions, section reviews. Unfortunately, it does not talk about Windows programming. There is only a small introduction at the end of the book. Another weak point is that there is no chapter on graphics and sound
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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: This is my fourth C++ book. Having taken the C++ course from a worthless professor and gone through two tormenting and dry C++ books, I was just about to give it up. Just into 2 chapters of Schildt's book, I've learned more about C++ and OOP than I did in all previous three books and the college course combined. Perhaps that's more reflective of how bad the previous three books were, but I am very happy with Schildt's approach. He allows you to learn by doing through tons of examples and exercises. The other three authors (who shall remain nameless at this point, but email me if you really want to know) stop at presenting mechanics of C++, which have yet to be standardized. Highly Recommended!
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Summary: this is a good book
Review: this is the best book of c++ for some programming exprience of c
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Summary: Dont Even try to teach yourself C++ with this
Review: This may be a good book for intermediate to advanced c++ people, thus I'm not gonna pan it. However don't even think about this book if you're new, or just finished C++ for Dummies and think you're the Man. Schildt's style is neither fun nor funny, and unless you already know c++ fairly well this book is unreadable. Schildt has no penchant for making even the easier topics understandable to first year people; Herb seems out of touch to anyone but accomplished code jockeys. For a better beginner-advanced beginner book try Stephen Prata's very helpful C++ tome.
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Summary: Dont Even try to teach yourself C++ with this
Review: This may be a good book for intermediate to advanced c++ people, thus I'm not gonna pan it. However don't even think about this book if you're new, or just finished C++ for Dummies and think you're the Man. Schildt's style is neither fun nor funny, and unless you already know c++ fairly well this book is unreadable. Schildt has no penchant for making even the easier topics understandable to first year people; Herb seems out of touch to anyone but accomplished code jockeys. For a better beginner-advanced beginner book try Stephen Prata's very helpful C++ tome.
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Summary: Perfect book for non programmers
Review: This was the book that introduced me to programming. I have read though others since this one, but this was by far the best book for those that don't know how to program. It does only one thing, teach you the language of C. It does NOT teach you how to really put it to use. But if you don't fully understand the tool you are using, how can you put it to use. This book WILL teach you the language of C, after reading this book move onto the books that teach you how to use the language in the environment of your choice. This book will give you the foundation to allow you to focus on the concepts of programming discussed in other books rather then trying to learn both a language and how to use it.
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