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- From: e.l.ellis@larc.nasa.gov (Erik L. Ellis)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: REQUEST - C++ book reviews/opinions
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 20:06:04 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center
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- Reply-To: e.l.ellis@larc.nasa.gov (Erik L. Ellis)
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- Keywords: book reviews
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- I'd like to compile opinions on the many introductory C++ books on the
- market. If those who are familiar with a book or two would care to e-mail me
- a description of a book's distinguishing features, I will summarize and post
- to comp.lang.c++. Please include some description of your own background so
- that we have some basis from which to interpret your opinions.
-
- My motivation is to determine what book I should buy to teach myself C++ and
- to use as a reference once I am fairly comfortable with the language. I have
- A BOOK ON C, 2nd Ed. by Kelley and Pohl and found it very helpful when I was
- learning C a few years ago. I have been attempting to write a Complex.h
- class to teach myself C++ using Lippman's C++ PRIMER, 2nd Ed. as a reference,
- but I've found it rough going.
-
- Lippman does not assume the reader knows C. There are plenty of examples,
- but it seems that the explainations often just don't go far enough for me.
- Eg., A declaration may be given as an example when I need to see the whole
- definition. (I should explain that I'm not a computer scientist/programmer
- type, but an engineer for whom programming is a skill that I enjoy
- cultivating).
-
- One of the features of Kelley and Pohl's book that I found very helpful was
- the use of a BNF-like (Backus-Naur Form) description of the syntax. Each
- control statement, expression, etc, was described in BNF. Kelley and Pohl
- also included a number of example programs followed by a line-by-line
- disection of the code.
-
- I am especially interested in opinions from people who have read:
- C++ for C Programmers - by Pohl
- C++ Programming Guidelines - by Plum & Saks
- C++ The Complete Reference - by Schildt
- or who know of a book that describes the language in BNF.
-
- Again, please e-mail your replies (e.l.ellis@larc.nasa.gov), and I will
- summarize and post.
-
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