[Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Bill Ricker
the book that i taught from was C++ How To Program. http://www.deitel.com/ They have 5 C/C++ books now, plus Java, VB/#, Web, ... C How to Program ,C ++ how to program, C++11 for Programmers, .Simply C++, Small C++ – available on Safari. -- Bill @n1vux bill.n1...@gmail.com

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread David Larochelle
I highly recommend Effective C++http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321334876/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8camp=1789creative=390957creativeASIN=0321334876linkCode=as2tag=davlarsblo-20 by Scott Meyers. The best description I can give is that it's the C++ equivalent of Perl Best Practices. This is the

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Mike Small
Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com writes: the book that i taught from was C++ How To Program. http://www.deitel.com/ They have 5 C/C++ books now, plus Java, VB/#, Web, ... Did you like Deitel and Deitel or was it a compromise between the books you like best and what you thought a mix of

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Mike Small
David Larochelle da...@larochelle.name writes: I highly recommend Effective C++http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321334876/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8camp=1789creative=390957creativeASIN=0321334876linkCode=as2tag=davlarsblo-20 by Scott Meyers. The best description I can give is that it's the

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Ricker, William
I enjoyed TEACHING from Deitel C++ (see) how to program books. All examples were complete programs, and all in the book (and on-line/cd), so self contained. Harvey Paul are good teachers, good authors; write their books for use in their own on-site corp training classes. Bill@$dayjob Not

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Ricker, William
Effective C++ is highly recommended but not introductory !! I think Scott and Damian would both be pleased with your excellent comparison. Bill, typing with thumbs - Original Message - From: David Larochelle [mailto:da...@larochelle.name] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 10:12 AM To: Bill

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Greg London
I missed the original question, but if OP (Greg?) can wait At the perl meeting, I mentioned that I'm using a lot of c++ at work and groused that I haven't found a good intro to c++ book. So, I'm the guy to blame for this thread. I would like a book that introduces c and c++ from the point of

Re: [Boston.pm] C++ books

2013-04-12 Thread Mike Small
Greg London em...@greglondon.com writes: I missed the original question, but if OP (Greg?) can wait At the perl meeting, I mentioned that I'm using a lot of c++ at work and groused that I haven't found a good intro to c++ book. Sounds to me like Accelerated C++ might be close to what

Re: [Boston.pm] Tech Meeting: Embedded Perl with Federico

2013-04-12 Thread Tom Metro
Greg London wrote: ...it would seem to me that the right bit of hardware hooked directly to [the drive head] would be the best way to wipe a drive. If you drive random data onto the data wire and slowly work the head from the inside to the outside track, you would wipe out formatting data,