Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!shelby!neon!pescadero.Stanford.EDU!philip From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: C++ Information / Books Message-ID: <1990Dec24.205756.4660@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 24 Dec 90 20:57:56 GMT References: Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Distribution: comp.sys.next Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 20 In article , shawn@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Shawn Broderick) writes: |> |> we've all got our kernighan/ritchie's sitting on our desks for the |> standard c questions, but is there a similar c++ type bible? i've futzed |> through the gigantic selection of c++ books in bookstores around here, |> but none jump out at me as a definitive reference text. Two things you might consider: 1. read comp.lang.c++ 2. get The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, M.A. Ellis and B. Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1990. ISBN 0-201-51459-1 - not a beginner's book, but the most complete reference (referred to on comp.lang.c++ as ARM or E&S). Unfortunately, ARM doesn't include the standard libraries. You can find most of what you need in this area in C++ Primer, S.B. Lippman, Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0-201-16487-6. One of the better beginner's books (assumes prior programming experience, but not C or C++). -- Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu