RE: Programming Tomes was [Dev-C++] Question of the day

[Ioannis V. <no...@ya...>]

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Subject: Re: Programming Tomes was [Dev-C++] Question of the day


Hello,
    Yes you are right, I checked my book again, \a and \b are very close
together, it was my mistake. I am using the book Object-Oriented Programming
in C++ Second Edition, it's quite old (Copyright 1995) I got it for $9 at a
used bookstore : )
I love those kind! 8-)

I pick up just about everything I find.  I figure, some are good, some are
definitely not; however, they all look at things from different
perspectives, and sometimes something that's greek in one book is clear as
day in another.  (Even if some of those books start to look a little long in
the tooth!)


Now i am a greek, and i do not understand the meaning of that expression,
but i guess it is some american smart-ass-i-know-all expression. :)

Recently (on another list) a war started over the value of books (ie. the 21
Days compared to college / university texts).  I agree that some of the 21
Day/Dummies/Idiot's guides are surface material, I find them helpful when I
want to check out a topic.  I then start to delve a little deeper, and then
I look for resources online (about language style, the ins and outs of a
language, etc.).

Speaking of which, does anybody have any good links to C++ related material?
Particularly good object-oriented source...  I've poked around, but most of
what I find seems to relate to DOS level C graphics/demo programming.


Except of links i suggest Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming
Language" - Special Edition, that's what i am reading currently. This,
assuming you have already read some good introductory book in C++ (e.g.
"Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days" by Jesse Liberty, Sams Publishing).

My background is rather VB, and sources that I've found nice are things like
www.planetsourcecode.com
(They've got some stuff for other languages, but nothing "meaty" ... for an
example, check out the Delphi section!)


I have some links at: http://members.nbci.com/noicys/links.htm

Ioannis