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I've been wanting to learn C++ (as a data scientist), but never know where to start. There are so many books that were about modern c++ when they were written,
by imh 10y ago
I've been wanting to learn C++ (as a data scientist), but never know where to start. There are so many books that were about modern c++ when they were written, it's impossible for an outsider to know what's up to date. Is the book the article mentioned a good one for learning modern C++?
- phdpqc 10y ago[blog author here] I learned C++ a while ago so I never got to read an intro to modern C++ cover-to-cover. However, a friend asked me to suggest a book and this one seemed to both cover everything you need to understand the language and provide several useful examples for scientific computing (e.g. there's a nice example of gradient descent in the preface). It's definitely not the only good option. "C++ Primer" is probably the most popular introduction and the language's creator wrote an intro to programming with C++ ("Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++"). They all cover modern C++.