Re: c++ documentation

From: Last2Know (grokkalot_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/12/05

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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:27:14 -0500

    On Thu, 12 May 2005 11:59:42 +0100, Gav wrote:

    > I have just started coding in c++ again on my Mandrake 10.1 box, last time I
    > did any c++ was over 10 years ago so I'm a little rusty at the moment. Can
    > anybody suggest a good web resource for me to use? I'm mainly after a syntax
    > documentation.

    The C++ language and libraries are so big and complicated, that one can't
    get by with a single compact reference. I'll mention some sources that
    are good in various (mildly overlapping) categories:

    1. Beginning Language Learning:

    Scott Meyers: Effective C++, More Effective C++

    2. FAQs:
    http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq2.html
    http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/

    3. Advanced Language Learning:

    Bjarne Stroustrup: The C++ Programming Language

    4. Standard Library Learning:

    Nicolai Josuttis: The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Refernce

    5. Standard Library Reference:

    http://www.dinkum.com/libraries_ref.html

    One of the FAQs above mentions the following books as good for examples:

    6. Examples

     Koenig and Moo, Accelerated C++
     Musser and Saini, STL Tutorial and Reference Guide,

    I haven't read those and I'm not sure about the merits of getting this
    from a book vs. downloaded code, but I agree that seeing examples is
    important.

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