C for Engineers

Rating:
Summary: Okay tutorial, so-so on engineering
Review: I think "for Engineers" is being used as a polite way of saying "for people who only know FORTRAN". It is adequate as far as tutorials go, but there are better ones out there. The second half has some numerical analysis and data structure stuff, but this is covered better in other sources. It does not include STL. It's coverage of OOP is limited, and the overall feel is very C-oriented. As I recall, there was not much in the way of directions for linking C++ and FORTRAN routines, handling namelists, and other "real" challenges facing engineers who use C++.

This book would be much better if it trimmed the tutorial section and included material on how to write a simulation code, architectures and design patterns appropriate to engineering, runtime optimization, and software engineering practices appropriate to scientific programming.

Rating:
Summary: Okay tutorial, so-so on engineering
Review: I think "for Engineers" is being used as a polite way of saying "for people who only know FORTRAN". It is adequate as far as tutorials go, but there are better ones out there. The second half has some numerical analysis and data structure stuff, but this is covered better in other sources. It does not include STL. It's coverage of OOP is limited, and the overall feel is very C-oriented. As I recall, there was not much in the way of directions for linking C++ and FORTRAN routines, handling namelists, and other "real" challenges facing engineers who use C++.

This book would be much better if it trimmed the tutorial section and included material on how to write a simulation code, architectures and design patterns appropriate to engineering, runtime optimization, and software engineering practices appropriate to scientific programming.

Rating:
Summary: C++ for engineers
Review: Introductory book on C++ language. Starting from the very basis, it guides the reader through the syntax, the tricks and the advanced features of an object-oriented language. It is meant for people who needs a start in the subject without time to spend in informatic details: "for engineers". This does not diminish the quality and the quantity of informations included, but makes the concepts easier to understand. I enjoyed the book also as a reference manual during the programming sessions.

An interesting characteristic is the fact that it takes into account many different compilers running on different operating systems.