Andrew Koenig
Author of Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example
About the Author
A member of the Software Technology Center at ATandT Bell Laboratories, Andrew Koenig has been a programmer for 20 years. While learning C, he ported the well-known adventure program from PL/I to the delight (and frustration) of computer users everywhere. More recently, he developed a toolkit for show more automatic software distribution, which allows a system administrator to crash dozens of machines with a single command. show less
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Program Design with C++ 1 copy
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Very good book on teaching a highly useful paradigm of C++ programming. This book gives very good examples, and is an excellent starting-off point for someone looking to develop projects in C++. The book does have a bit of "why doesn't everyone do this?" syndrome, so while it's ideas are good, be careful to not take this as gospel. That being said, it is one of the best programming books I have ever read.
This is the best book explaining C++ that I've read. The approach of teaching C++ starting with the STL allows them to produce reasonably useable programs from the first or second chapter.
However this book doesn't remotely touch on the process of setting up a development environment, and so I don't think its a good choice for someone just learning how program. (Not that C++ is a good first language anyway).
However this book doesn't remotely touch on the process of setting up a development environment, and so I don't think its a good choice for someone just learning how program. (Not that C++ is a good first language anyway).
Amazing book. Covers a lot of topics, gets to a great depth.
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