Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pacbell!ditka!qiclab!jamesd From: jamesd@qiclab.UUCP (James Deibele) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Is a 2nd ed. of "The C++ Prog. Lang." on its way? Keywords: C++ books Message-ID: <2366@qiclab.UUCP> Date: 6 Aug 89 04:07:02 GMT References: <43832@bbn.COM> Reply-To: jamesd@qiclab.UUCP (James Deibele) Organization: Qic Laboratories, Portland, Oregon. Lines: 33 In article <43832@bbn.COM> jgrace@BBN.COM (Joe Grace) writes: >I thought I heard a rumor that a 2nd edition was forthcoming with the >release of AT&T C++ 2.0. Is a 2nd edition really coming soon (within >a month or so)? It's just a rumor. Stroustrup has a contract with Addison-Wesley for another book, which may be a 2nd Edition, but the odds are much higher that it will be something else, such as the language definition that he's working on. This is according to my source at A-W, who seems to know what he's talking about. >Also, what is the consensus on C++ learning books --- which is best >(complete, accurate, typo-free, and well-organized)? In particular, >is Lippman's "C++ Primer" generally considered good? Lippman's book is considered the best available. Earlier books, such as Wiener and Pinson's _Intro to OOP and C++_ or Berry's C++ book (published by Sams, and I'm drawing a blank on the name right now), were not good, but they were the only thing available besides Stroustrup. _C++ for C Programmers_ by Pohl is OK, but is pretty thin and covers a lot of ground that C programmers know already. _Programming in C++_ by Dewhurst and Stark seems pretty good, but I haven't really had a chance to look at it. Another one that's just arrived (literally yesterday) is _Object-Oriented Program Design (With Examples in C++)_, another A-W book. (I can furnish ISBNs and other info so you can check your local store if you mail me.) -- James Deibele jamesd@qiclab BBSs: (503) 760-1473 or (503) 761-7451 TECHBooks: The Computer Book Specialists --- Voice: (503) 646-8257 12600 SW 1st Beaverton, OR 97005 --- Are you on our mailing list? BSD/Sys V X11 C++ VLSI Korn/Bourne/C Shells Comer Knuth Yourdon