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From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (              Jim Adcock)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Readable C++ book
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Date: 13 Apr 88 18:37:30 GMT
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| The book doesn't contain info on the latest 2.0 goodies.  I'd guess the book
| corresponds to about AT&T version 1.2.

By "2.0 goodies" I meant the "2nd batch of C++ features that Stroustrup discussed
extensively at the C++ Workshop and in his published papers."

The compilers that I have any exposure to are the AT&T 1.2 as implemented for the 
HP series 300, and g++ 1.18 as ported to HP series 300 by Glenn Engel.  These
compilers don't have the 2nd batch of goodies Stroustrup has talked about.

The Wiener and Pinson book has good correspondence to either of these compilers.

Sorry if some people are unhappy with the quality of programs in W+P, but I DID
say my review represented a quick scan over the book.  And I did say that I thought
the programs represented a medium quality programming effort.  I'm still glad I
got the book.

I have yet to note a consensus on proper C++ programming style, any more than the
C community rushed to rally around the Plum text to C style.

I still feel the large amount of "object oriented" examples in W+P verses the
almost total lack of "object oriented" examples in the Stroustrup make the W+P
a useful addition to my library.