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The niche this book fills is that of a “state of the language” for c++. A thorough understanding of bjarne stroustrup's approach to the language is necessary for you to become the best c++ programmer you can be.
Very well written, and very concise & dense. Physical quality of the book is also outstanding - very high quality paper that doesn't bleed through when highlighting/underlining.
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The physical quality of the book is also outstanding very high quality paper that doesnt bleed through when highlightingunderlining
I would argue think the ideal reader is someone familiar with c basics and wanting to get an idea of where to go next with the language
Code samples sometimes contain ellipses that basically stand for 34fill in here with the code that you should already know how ... Read More
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- This product had a total of 115 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 20 2023.
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It is assumed that you are already familiar with programming concepts and knowing at least one language well will be helpful in this
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The book is a fairly brief for technical texts fronttoback read
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It does not attempt to be a comprehensive reference nor does it aim to be an instructional material teaching the fundamentals of the language in great detail
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As a result it has developed a reputation of being inferior to modern languages with bells and whistles
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Old techniques can be a frustrating task
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While stroustrup is a very good writer for a computer genius hes not quite a great writer
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From the perspective of someone fairly new to programming stroustrup sometimes writes examples that go over the head of the reader and arent well explained including concepts that havent yet been introduced
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Example code occasionally contains typos which can be very confusing
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