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From: dks@apple.com (D. K. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: C++ Books: Comments and Recommendations, WANTED
Keywords: book c++
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Date: 10 Oct 90 16:15:57 GMT
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Hi all,

Due to the flood of C++ books out there, I figured I would
ask for the net opinion on favorable, useful, and useless books 
on the topic.
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I've heard the C++ book by Weiner & Pinson was not very good. True?

People say Stroustrup's first book on C++ is analagous to K&R in its 
terseness and readibility - which is not a bad thing depending on 
whether you need a reference or a tutorial. Is this accurate???


Any comments on the following:

_C++ for Pascal Programmers_ - Pohl??
_C++ for C Programmers_

I looked at these books and they look identical! Except of course for the 
first couple chapters bridging the gap between Pascal and C type decls and
defs. Also (get this) the C version (the hip model) was 28.95, while the (not
so cool) pascal version (with 2-3 extra chapters) was 24.95. Check it out!


Or what about Bruce Eckel's _Using C++_? Any comments on this one?


Any experiences with _The Annotated C++ Reference Manual_   
by Ellis & Stroustrup  ??

It looked "totally" complete. But you can't judge a....


And what about the Mac specific titles...

_Elements of C++ Macintosh Programming_   by Weston.
_C++ Programming with MacApp_   by Wilson, et.al.


Also, any good / bad experiences with any other titles out there?

Please reply to me directly. I don't want to clog up the other business 
in this newsgroup with book reviews!


thanx,
dk