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Summary: It's a very hard book for a beginer
Review: Hi this book have every thing for c++ language, but i realy don't understand 99% of this book. and i bought it for around $58+tax
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Summary: Excellent, but needs a revision
Review: Horton's explanation of C++ is the clearest and most throrough I've ever read. He really makes object-oriented programming seem almost intuitive where other authors only muddle it. He's excellent at anticipating exactly what questions the reader is going to have as he's reading, and giving the details that answer them. However, I would recommend doing a little bit of a good introductory C book first. While the book purports to be for complete beginners, it may be a little harsh at first if you've never programmed before.Also, the last chapter, on the STL, is awful. For some reason, Horton decided to let somebody else write it, and no offense to that person, but the clear explanatory style you've grown to expect in the first 19 chapters suddenly disappears and the concepts become very difficult to grasp. The "How it works" sections in this last chapter leave you more confused than you were before you read them, and I don't even think the chapter gives you enough information to be able to do the exercises at the end. I wish Horton would rewrite it himself. All in all, though, it's an excellent book.
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Summary: Great for First Time Buyers, the best book on C++
Review: I am a college student who took a previous class in C++ so I had a pretty good start, but I had absolutely no experience with Object Oriented Programming, the one thing C++ is the best at. When I bought the book I was hesitant with was its size. At the next programming class i would refer to it as the big red book. Anyway, this book was absolutely perfect in its explanation in Object-Oriented programming. There were somethings i could not get in class, so i opened up this book at it saved my life. I did have a hard time understanding Operator overload and working with templates though. If you want to learn about C++ from the very beginning, TRY THIS FANTASTIC BOOK. Without it, I would not have gotten a B in the class.
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Summary: Poorlly written for a "beginner's guide"
Review: I am teaching a beginning C++ class to engineers. I think the book is lacking - explanations are unclear and he talks in circles. He wastes time on little-used features instead of doing an "80% solution" to get people coding. The book is suppose to be a "beginners" book but isn't. It's difficult to know what's important.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: I found this book at the public library, it was the only one there on C++, so I got it, thinking "Hey, its free, so I can't complain". As soon as I started reading, I knew this was the perfect programming tutorial, and decided to buy a copy for myself. I've tried all the expensive books by mainstream book publishers such as the "for Dummies" series, and the O'Reilly books. Personally, I never understood them, and ended up spending more time asking for help from people online then I would ever like to acknowledge. This book organizes the information in the perfect order, so you're never flipping ahead or back to look up something because it isn't explained in the right place. I can't say enough good about this book. Two words- BUY IT!!
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Summary: Not for Beginners!
Review: I had to use this book as a text book for a 200 level C++ class.
The first few chapters were OK, kinda helpful. The rest of the book was awful! Things I knew about were not explained very well, the programming excerises were confusing and at times just paln silly. One had to decode what the question was asking and then write the code. After reading some chapters and then trying to do the excerises, I would think that I did not learn enough from the chapter to actually do the problem. I had to use a few other books that were much better at explaining certain topics than this book. Yes it is a big book and not too pricey, but it does not make a good reference for anything. Ick! Best to spend a bit more and get a better book.
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Summary: The best C++ book around!
Review: I have been a scientific programmer for about 30 years. I always avoided C++ because I really didn't need it in my work. My impression was that it was flexible, powerful, and had fanatical adherents. But it also seemed clunky, patched up and thrown together, redundant,ugly(hate the way the code looks), and unnecessarily complicated. I decided to bite the bullet and learn the language but after looking through dozens of C++ books I became discouraged. Could it be this arcane? Remember in the Airplane movies a recurring theme of a self absorbed protagonist who drove people to suicide with his boring chatter? That was my feeling after looking throught the SAMS and Dummies books. Ivor Horton is the only sane C++ author out there. The book is straight-forward, has a predictable format (that's good!), and interesting and useful examples. He actually explains why things work the way they do. This is a great book for beginners or vets.
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Summary: A perfect book
Review: I have read many c/c++ book's, and I think that this is the best book. It is ANSI/ISO Compliant, sow it works for any c++ compiler.(win32, Linux, ....) Don't wast money on bad books like me, just buy this book!
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Summary: Pretty good, but kinda boring.
Review: I kinda fell asleep while reading this book, but then again it does contain good C++ information. I never really read that much of it...only 200 pages of the book. It's good if you're confused during a C++ course and you need something to help you understand a C++ topic better, like classes. That's the only time I ever used it. It's worth the money.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I'd just like to say this is by FAR the best book I've read on C++. I've read a couple books prior to this one which left me with questions and uncertainty. After reading this book I now have a thorough foundation in C++ thanks to Ivor Horton. He explains everything in perfect detail with very clear explantations. If you're looking for a book on C++ this is the one to get, period. It covers everything from basic statements and procedural programming up to object oriented programming and even the standard template library. He tackles often tricky topics for beginners like pointers with ease. Every beginning C++ programmer should start with this book.
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