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From: rclark@concour.cs.concordia.ca (CLARK richard)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Lippman's C++ Primer vs. Ellis' ARM ?
Summary: request for comparison of books
Keywords: C++ books,
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Date: 14 Jun 91 02:02:04 GMT
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Could someone who is familiar with both the "C++ Primer" by Lippman
and "The Annotated Reference Manual" by Ellis + Stroustrup please
inform me as to whether it is worth purchasing the latter if one
already owns the former.  I don't require long comparisons, I
would be content with a yes or no answer and a short reason if you
feel like it.

Since it's probably relevant, I'm a fairly good C programmer, recently
moved to C++.  Before I buy the book (I have to order it), I'd like
to know if the books are sufficiently different to warrant the purchase.
I realize that "sufficiently different" is a subjective term, I'll just 
take your word for it, whatever interpretation you decide to give. 

Please email responses to me as I doubt YES/NO answers merit
world-wide distribution.  I'll post the results after a few days
if anyone asks.



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rick clark (rclark@concour.cs.concordia.ca)
Concordia University, Montreal.