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Summary: The best, most authoritative C++ book EVER!
Review: This is the ANSI base document written in 1990 or so that became the standard (ANSI C++) years later. Even though this book was published way back then, it is not outdated and is the most useful manual on C++ in existence.It's a work of pure technical consideration. This IS C++ in its purest form. It's the language definition. There is everything that anyone will ever want to know about the syntactical nature of ANSI C++. It is also dispersed with very good commentaries after each definition. Those who have reached the insane realm of grammatical and syntactical perfection will be pleased that the grammar is summarized at the end of the book and parts of it are given where appropriate in the chapters. -- This is THEE book on C++.
-- Concise examples placed where needed.
-- No spoon feeding to the readers.
-- No long pieces of code.
-- No fluff.
-- No mush.
-- No kidding.
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Summary: Excellent C++ reference. Highly recommended.
Review: This is _the_ reference for the C++ language. Even though the C++ standard is presently something of a moving target, this is a good working reference manual for the basics (and not-so-basics) of C++. Once you think you've learned C++, get this book and read it -- you'll find things you didn't know, or things you thought you did but don't. Warning: This is a reference manual, and shouldn't be read from cover to cover, or used to learn the language. As a reference, though, it's an excellent resource.
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Summary: Great but Outdated.
Review: This was "The" standard for creating C++ 99. Since then the standard libraries were added, a full implementation of templates and exception handleing etc. So while its a good reference for the "core" of C++, i.e. the classes etc, it shouldn't be the first book (or even the 2nd) on C++ you buy. Better to get the Hardcover "The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition)" which has chapters on all of the language. Note: That's not the first book on C++ you should get either, if you are just learning, it is however one you should own if you are going to profressionally write C++. On why there isn't a second edition of the ARM, has in part due to the restrictions for republishing the ISO standard. And its also 2003 and now the language looks like it will continue to evolve and thus a second ed. ARM would be soon out of date as well. Maybe we'll be lucky and there will be one for C++2005.
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Summary: Great but Outdated.
Review: This was "The" standard for creating C++ 99. Since then the standard libraries were added, a full implementation of templates and exception handleing etc. So while its a good reference for the "core" of C++, i.e. the classes etc, it shouldn't be the first book (or even the 2nd) on C++ you buy. Better to get the Hardcover "The C++ Programming Language (Special 3rd Edition)" which has chapters on all of the language. Note: That's not the first book on C++ you should get either, if you are just learning, it is however one you should own if you are going to profressionally write C++. On why there isn't a second edition of the ARM, has in part due to the restrictions for republishing the ISO standard. And its also 2003 and now the language looks like it will continue to evolve and thus a second ed. ARM would be soon out of date as well. Maybe we'll be lucky and there will be one for C++2005.
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Summary: Needs to be updated.
Review: Well, I know it was out there. But I was referring other books most of the time. I paid for that. Many cannot answer questions like "Why the hell you need a COPY constructor in the first place?" or "Why Copy Constructor always takes a reference to the object as an argument". Here I found the answers. Again this is the BEST reference book available. If you are a serious programmer who wants to know in and out of C++, this is a must. I won't recommend this for those "POOR" souls who just want to be a C++ programmer. Again being a reference book, you don't have to read the PREVIOUS chapters to understand a specific topic. You may have to read couple of times to understand certain sections.
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Summary: BEST for those who want to dive into the SECRETS of C++
Review: Well, I know it was out there. But I was referring other books most of the time. I paid for that. Many cannot answer questions like "Why the hell you need a COPY constructor in the first place?" or "Why Copy Constructor always takes a reference to the object as an argument". Here I found the answers. Again this is the BEST reference book available. If you are a serious programmer who wants to know in and out of C++, this is a must. I won't recommend this for those "POOR" souls who just want to be a C++ programmer. Again being a reference book, you don't have to read the PREVIOUS chapters to understand a specific topic. You may have to read couple of times to understand certain sections.
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Summary: Indeed, the Annotated C++ Reference manual
Review: While the book does read as a reference manual, as is to be expected (it's in the title after all), it most certainly is authoritative. An indispensable resource for any C++ programmer. When you have exhausted all other C++ resources, turn to this book. First or last resort as the case may be, you are certain to have most C++ questions answered by this book.
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Summary: Indeed, the Annotated C++ Reference manual
Review: While the book does read as a reference manual, as is to be expected (it's in the title after all), it most certainly is authoritative. An indispensable resource for any C++ programmer. When you have exhausted all other C++ resources, turn to this book. First or last resort as the case may be, you are certain to have most C++ questions answered by this book.
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