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Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Hossein H. <ult...@em...>]

> Amazon reviewers (uk site) gave it between 4 and 5 stars, they do keep 
> saying that the book expects you to know a bit about the STL from the start 
> though.

Do you really think that the reviews given by Amazon are enough? Take
a look to the ACCU reviews.
http://www.accu.org

> There must be better books around.

No there isn't. Unfortunately, there is no any better book for Generic
Programming. There are some books who describe STL. Amongst them, one
of the best are:

http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/index.html

The rest do not have much stuff to mention.

Regards,
--Hossein
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Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Daniel G. <sp...@ho...>]

I find that amazon reviews are normally a bit too favourable in most cases - 
yes I'm talknig about ones by customers.

Thanks for the links.


>From: "Hossein Haeri" <ult...@em...>
>To: dev...@li...
>Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...
>Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 07:35:53 -0500
>
> > Amazon reviewers (uk site) gave it between 4 and 5 stars, they do keep
> > saying that the book expects you to know a bit about the STL from the 
>start
> > though.
>
>Do you really think that the reviews given by Amazon are enough? Take
>a look to the ACCU reviews.
>http://www.accu.org
>
> > There must be better books around.
>
>No there isn't. Unfortunately, there is no any better book for Generic
>Programming. There are some books who describe STL. Amongst them, one
>of the best are:
>
>http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/index.html
>
>The rest do not have much stuff to mention.
>
>Regards,
>--Hossein
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Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Hossein H. <ult...@em...>]

> I find that amazon reviews are normally a bit too favourable in most cases - 
> yes I'm talknig about ones by customers.
> 
> Thanks for the links.

Oops! One of the best books in STL that I had forgotten to mention is
Effective STL. I'm not sure if it is suitable in your level, but if you
have enough experience with STL not to be said beginner, then you might
have the ability of using it. The address is:

http://www.awprofessional.com/catalog/product.asp?product_id={AA4735AF-4407-4011-B7D3-0C924DFA675D}&session_id={D1375600-F675-4736-A280-9264DC16300D}

Please don't say that this book doesn't have enough stars in Amazon's
reviews, as this is the highest-level book in STL.

Another point about the following sentence in my prevoius email:

> >No there isn't. Unfortunately, there is no any better book for Generic
> >Programming. 

by "unfortunately" I didn't mean that the book is not a good one. 
Extremely opposite, it is the best in Generic Programming, and it is
really fabulous. One of the best books I have ever read. It convinces
me so much. It is great in the sense of theory, but it is as useful and
practical as the power it has in theory.

Regards,
--Hossein

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Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Eddie D. <edd...@tr...>]

> From: "Hossein Haeri" <ult...@em...>
> To: dev...@li...
> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 07:35:53 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...
>
>> Amazon reviewers (uk site) gave it between 4 and 5 stars, they do
>> keep
>> saying that the book expects you to know a bit about the STL from
>> the start
>> though.
>
> Do you really think that the reviews given by Amazon are enough? Take
> a look to the ACCU reviews.
> http://www.accu.org
>
>> There must be better books around.

The best book, by far, on the C++ STL is "Generic Programming and the STL"
by Matthew H. Austern. Josuttis is a good book on the C++ Standard library
as a whole but the Austern book, which focuses strictly on the STL, is
superb in every respect and brilliantly organized.

RE: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Ioannis V. <iv...@em...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li...=20
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf=20
> Of Eddie Diener
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 7:11 AM
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...
>=20
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> The best book, by far, on the C++ STL is "Generic Programming=20
> and the STL"
> by Matthew H. Austern. Josuttis is a good book on the C++=20
> Standard library
> as a whole but the Austern book, which focuses strictly on the STL, is
> superb in every respect and brilliantly organized.



The best book is TC++PL. Of course there are many other good books and =
since
the standard is relatively new we are going to see more.


Now silence or I shall turn you to frogs! :-)






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Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Hossein H. <ult...@em...>]

Dear Eddie,

> The best book, by far, on the C++ STL is "Generic Programming and the STL"
> by Matthew H. Austern. Josuttis is a good book on the C++ Standard library
> as a whole but the Austern book, which focuses strictly on the STL, is
> superb in every respect and brilliantly organized.

Yeeeeeeeeep! Thumbs Up! One of the best books I hav ever read!
Fantastic from several points of view, without any major flaw!

Wishes,
--Hossein
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