Programming in C++

Rating:
Summary: Good but slow
Review: This book is an exelent way to learn C++ but it is a little bit slow. The first program isn't until Chapter 3, but it is intresting to learn about the history of computers. Great book for AP Computer Programing or IB computer studies.

Rating:
Summary: not so great
Review: This book offers a wide range of topics but does not go into great detail on any of them. It presents the syntax and says, "Now use it," often without explaining fully what is going on (the section about pointers is terrible). It touches on too many topics and thereby skimps on details. The examples of code given in the book are not always the most efficient. In the book's section on searching I reduced the search time for one of the algorythms (it gave a poor example of a selection-sort) by an incredible amount of time by simply moving an assignment statement to a different part of the loop. Not a good book with which to learn by example.