Have a look at : Essential C++, Stanley B. Lippman, Addison-Wesley, ISBN: 0-201-48518-4 Accelerated C++, Andrew Koenig & Barbara E. Moo, Addison-Wesley, ISBN: 0-201-70353-X
They will get you programming faster than most books, which I personally find is a good thing :-) Good Luck. Si On 05/04/06, Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would not suggest C++ for anything! > > On 4/4/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i need to learn C++, but do not know where to begin with textbooks or > online > > docs. since, AFAICT, there are a great many skilled programmers on list, > i would > > appreciate any recommendations that can be made about introductory and > > intermediate texts on C++. > > > > my motivation for asking this is to avoid purchasing texts that will sit > on my > > shelf and collect dust. there are a great many introductory texts on > nearly > > every subject that do just that and/or don't cover enough material in > sufficient > > depth. > > > > are there any texts on best practices for writing exploit-free code? if > you feel > > this is insufficiently openbsd related, please reply off-list to reduce > chatter. > > > > cheers, > > jake > > -- Simon Biles CISSP, OPSA, BS7799 Lead Auditor, MBCS
