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From: lijewski@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mike Lijewski)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: disappointed with Pohl's C++ book
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Date: 1 Sep 89 11:49:05 GMT
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Reply-To: lijewski@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mike Lijewski)
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I've never read Pohl's book so I can't comment on that.  Lippmann's
book is quite well done; definitely written for experienced programmers.
There are a few mistakes here and there, but all are minor typos.
The main problem with the book is that he tries to teach C at the same
time.  The end result is that we don't get into the meat of C++ until
almost halfway through the book.  The appendices on the iostream library,
the differences between C and C++, and the future directions for C++ are
well worth reading.

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