Wanting to Enhance C/C++ Knowledge

H_TeXMeX_H · 02-13-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kidicarus

C++ Primer Plus by Prata is a really good book, the fourth or fifth edition.

There is another "Primer" that's just called "C++ Primer" (no plus). It's also a good book although a bit more complicated, and the editions before the fourth are nearly unreadable.

I have C Primer Plus, quite a big book, but indeed comprehensive, lots of examples and exercises and style notes. A bit boring tho, but what can you expect.

kidicarus · 02-13-2009, 12:01 PM

Yeah, the C++ version is also a large blue book that at times can be boring. It has comprehensive coverage of procedural programming before it takes you into OOP, though, which includes the use of "C style strings" and beginner pointer arithmetic in the early chapters. But the programming concepts are there and help you to master the language from the get go.

cloud9repo · 02-13-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kidicarus

Yeah, the C++ version is also a large blue book that at times can be boring. It has comprehensive coverage of procedural programming before it takes you into OOP, though, which includes the use of "C style strings" and beginner pointer arithmetic in the early chapters. But the programming concepts are there and help you to master the language from the get go.

Thanks, I'll look into it. Fortunately, I have a Books-A-Million and Barnes&Noble local, so I can thumb through them first.

I don't want to program professionally, and the last language I picked up was Java. I just got to looking of gcc and the other gnu compilers, and looked at their sites, and saw that it has changed a great deal from when I was using C/C++ back over 10 years ago.

I saw the book you mentioned on several sites, now I'll just go to a book store and settle on one.

easuter · 02-13-2009, 04:42 PM

Another good book you can follow if you already have some programming experience in C and want to get your hands dirty is "Topics in C Programming" (Kochan Wood). It gets you started right away with pointers, something that seems intimidating to a beginner, but is very well explained. Also plenty of exercises to practice what you have learned.

cloud9repo · 02-13-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by easuter

Another good book you can follow if you already have some programming experience in C and want to get your hands dirty is "Topics in C Programming" (Kochan Wood). It gets you started right away with pointers, something that seems intimidating to a beginner, but is very well explained. Also plenty of exercises to practice what you have learned.

I'll check it out.