Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!pattis From: pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: C++ text book Summary: A New C++ Book by Cay Horstmann Message-ID: <13137@june.cs.washington.edu> Date: 26 Sep 90 17:09:19 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle Lines: 17 In article , lius@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Sying-Syang Liu) writes: > I am looking for good C++ text books for students who have background on > other high level languages, such as Ada, C, or Pascal. > > Any suggestions? Please reply by e-mail. Thanks. > I just received a copy of "Mastering C++: An Introduction to C++ and Object-oriented Programming for C and Pascal Programmers", by Cay S. Horstmann, published by John Wiley and Sons (ISBN 0-471-52257-0). At first glance it looks good; also, Cay has been a frequent contributor to this news group, and I have always found interesting, well-explained ideas in his postings - so I expect the book to be interesting and well- written too. Rich Pattis