--- In [email protected], Thomas Hruska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charles Richmond wrote: > > On Jan 25, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Jackson Kaminski wrote: > > > >> Thanks for the reply Thomas! > >> > >> Yeah, before I heard of this group, I started going to this website > >> with a booklist of preferred reading, and that was where I started. > >> This book, by an author Brian Overland, was the first book they > >> said one should read (I also got the second book, an O'Reilly tome > >> called Practical C++ Programming Second Edition). The two Scott > >> Meyers books you mentioned are on there as well, as well as one by > >> Bjarne himself. > >> Looks like I have to go shopping again! > >> > >> I will also get myself a copy of the ANSI Standard. > >> > >> Thanks again, > >> > >> Nim > > > > I also like the book _GNU C++ for Linux_ by Tom Swan. > > I like Mr. Swan's writing style. > > A specific C++ compiler in the title is indicative of non-ANSI Standard > compliant, compiler-specific writing. There are some great writers out > there, but they don't stick to ANSI C/C++. Beginners should stick to > the books in the welcome message until they are comfortable enough with > the language to be able to differentiate between Standard and non-Standard. > > ANSI C/C++ Standard Drafts are free and usually "good enough". There is > no reason why everyone here shouldn't have a copy of a draft. > > > I'm pretty sure we've wandered off-topic. > > -- > Thomas Hruska > CubicleSoft President > Ph: 517-803-4197 > > *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 > Get on task. Stay on task. > > http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/ >
Thanks again Thomas! One question, I followed the link to the drafts of the ANSI Standards, and saw there are quite a few, oftentimes with radically different names - are all the free ones roughly equivalent, or do some focus on particular aspects of the language standards? ( I want to get as complete a draft as possible). Nim Nim
