Customer Review: With this book, Stephen Prata has written an indispensable guide to the C++ programming language. Through its seventeen chapters, the author takes a reader from the most basic elements of C++ all the way to more advanced topics such as linked lists, function pointers, templates, and more. The... more info
Customer Review: Simply said: this book is a `must' for any serious user of the language. Wish I had this book when I was learning C++ (hopefully, more instructors alike would start recommending book like this to their students). Once you have mastered the basic syntax, this book will give you a boost to your C++... more info
Customer Review: This new book on algorithms from O'Reilly is a breath of fresh air. Most books on the subject fall into two categories: very dense tomes full of math and heavy on sometime unintelligible pseudocode, or books that basically just give you recipes without much understanding. The second category is the... more info
Customer Review: This book does a very good job of covering the basics of C++. Whenever I come across a book that delivers what it promises I am happy... and "Beginning C++" delivers.