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Has anyone taken a look at the new versions of Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ Programming Language [1] or Scott Meyer's Effective Modern C++ [2]? The originals are cla
by santaclaus 12y ago
Has anyone taken a look at the new versions of Bjarne Stroustrup's C++ Programming Language [1] or Scott Meyer's Effective Modern C++ [2]? The originals are classics, and I would be interested to know if the new versions hold up.
[1] http://www.stroustrup.com/4th.html http://www.stroustrup.com/4th.html
[2] http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033707.do http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920033707.do
- danielweber 12y agoI got [1]. (My first copy had several sections misaligned, which I thought would make a hilarious "offset" bug, but no one else did, so I sent it back for a replacement.) It's interesting and readable. I used to keep a listing of all the typos and errors I found but that project got buried beneath other things in my stack.
- tdicola 12y agoI read his short A Tour of C++ and enjoyed it a lot. Much of it is taken from parts of his update to The C++ Programming Language. If you just want a short book to introduce the new parts of C++11, A Tour of C++ is the way to go.
- agwa 12y agoI have the 4th edition of C++PL, and while I haven't read it cover to cover (it is long) the parts I've read have been excellent and definitely meet or exceed the standards of the earlier editions.
- dfan 12y agoThe 4th edition of Stroustrup is quite good, and much better than the 3rd edition, which was not even very usable as a reference, due to a terrible index. It's still not a page-turner, though.