> i haven't had a chance to do that yet, so if anyone has encountered these
> books before, i would love to hear some opinions:
>
> Programming & Problem Solving with C++, 2nd ed., by Dale, Weems, & Headington
>
> C++ Primer, 3rd ed., by Lippman & Lajoie
>
> The C++ Programming Language, 3rd ed., by Stroustrup
>
> i'd love to keep all three but sometimes finances interfere with my
> preferences, eh? at first blush, i'm leaning toward the last title because
> its cover proclaims that it was written by "the creator of C++" but that
> leaning may change as the weekend progresses and i actually start cracking
> them.
Stroustrup did create C++, and in the class I took, it was neither the
text nor even recommended. But I couldn't have done the work without it.
I wish I could remember the name of the crappy text that was listed for
the course (written by the local faculty of the course, damn him), but I
ended up returning that and buying the Stroustrup book and never looked
back.
I can recommend the book, but not necessarily when held up against the
others you're considering (nor do I know the UT course of which you speak,
or the professor's whim).
Stroustrup was much easier to read, reference and just plain understand.
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