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Subject: Re: Request for recommendations for C++
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Date: 3 Dec 89 10:38:29 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!smlg1015    Dec  2 22:12:00 1989


>I know that Strousop's (sp?) book is the standard, but how good is it?
>Is it a good tutorial, or just a good reference manual?


I had two books available when I started learning C++.  One was the
Strousup book; the other was published by the Howard W. Sams Co.  The
latter was quite inferior, lacked examples, and seemed more of an
advertisement for the other books in their series.  I actually read
these books to produce code for the Connection Machine rather than
straight C++, so I can't recommend any compilers.

Stuart Lichtenthal smlg1015@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu