On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Tom K. Moore wrote:
> C++ Primer, 3rd ed., by Lippman & Lajoie
I like the Style and prose of the C++ Primer, but it assumes that you
don't really know C. (It assumes you do know about programming and
procedural languages in general.) Thus, if you already know C, the first
two sections are pretty slow. Unfortunately, they didn't separate out a C
Primer in the first sections followed by a C++ Primer. As they introduce
basic C language features, such as built-in data types and functions, they
throw in information about templates and some of C++'s standard library.
Thus, if you know C, it's still difficult to skip the slow early material
becuase they introduce C++ material during those chapters that they use
later on.
Still, I like the book and would recommend it. If you're already a whiz
at C and know a bit about Object Oriented programming and design, I'd
say skip the Primer and go for Stroustrup.
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Tom Bryan
Applied Research Laboratories
University of Texas at Austin
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