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Summary: Excellent book for your C/C++ library.
Review: Don't let the title misled you, this book contains a good amount of pages on C. That being said, I bought this book as an introduction to both C and C++ and it has done well. I use it as a reference now. However, this should not be your only book on C or C++, but one of several to keep around your desk. I believe there is no SINGLE book that does justice to C/C++ but this one sure comes close. Comments based on 94 ed.
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Summary: Easy to understand , but missing critical information
Review: I found "C++ From the Ground Up" easy to read and understand. Big problem with compiling the source code as written however. It's nice that Mr Schildt wrote everything in compliance with the ANSI spec. I would expect that of a member. It would have been nice of him, however, to include directions on how to compile the samples with compilers that are not yet completely compliant. Especially since this is a book for BEGINNERS. It took me hours sometimes to find the correct header file, or realize that one of the keywords used in the book is not supported by my compiler. Buyers beware! I tried two different compilers, neither very old, and neither supported what Mr Schildt says is "ANSI C++."
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Summary: Full of mistakes/errata. Dangerously shallow. Don't buy it.
Review: Computing books are expensive. If they were accurate we might excuse the cost. Unfortunately many are inaccurate to the point of being dangerous. More disturbing is that people do not know they are wasting their time and money buying and reading books that are seriously faulty. Do yourself and good authors a favour by refusing to be fobbed off with inferior products like this.
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Summary: A Pretty good into to C++
Review: I bought this book as it seemed one of the few books that assumed that there were people in the world that new how to program, didn't know C, and wanted to learn C++. The book is perfect for that audience.Overall the book is clear, cincise and covers most topics quite well. I did feel that is was lacking in coverage of the STL though. Also I felt that the later examples in the book could have been more origonal, and not merely modified versions of pervious examples. I also thought that at the end of each chapter there should have been a problem or two to work out and/or an example that showed the practical usage of some of the concepts developed in the chapter. Other than these minor (in my mind) faults. The book is a good overall intoduction to C++ and is a good textbook and a great reference for anyone wanting to learn C++
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Summary: Herb Schildt is simply the best!
Review: No one, but no one writes about programming as well as Schildt. This book is no exception and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Friends don't let friends write books like this.
Review: I looked up this book to see if it's any better than infamous first edition. Well, what can I say. He has done it again. I certainly believe Mr.Schildt has a talent on making subject sound a lot easier. I can probably write a book full of my own errata for this masterpiece. Get dummy book instead if you're really pathetic, or consider another carrier.
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Summary: An excellent C++ introduction as well as reference
Review: I have the first edition of this book, and once I learned C++, I kept going back to this book to look things up, refresh my memory, or figure out something in my code which I had forgotten or screwed up. The new edition is the same great reference with info on the new international standard for C++. I find the format the text is published in to actually be helpful instead of merely pretty to look at (most C++ books are published with a lot of whiz-bang and the substance of the most common C++ books). In fact, I have actually written documentation for my own code in the same format this book is presented in! It's universal enough to cover all major programming platfoms. I highly recommend it to anyone wishing to learn C++ for the first time or for anyone who wants a straightforward reference with concise examples.
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Summary: EXCELLENT BOOK FOR BEGINNERS
Review: A great book for those interested in learning the concepts of object oriented programming. I had used Herbert Schildts C Made Easy about 6 years back to learn C. I am quite familiar with the authors' writing style and approach to the subject and hence went straight for this book without any second thought or comparison. I was not disappointed. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning C++ even if you do not have a C background.
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Summary: Excellent book, designed for newcomers to the language
Review: This is an excellent book for learning C++ and programming in general. I have since gone beyond this book to more advanced ones, however the solid foundation that this book afforded me has been quite valuable. I would most definitely recommend it for those interested in learning C++, but would not recommend it as a definitive reference for an experienced C++ programmer.
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Summary: Go elsewhere
Review: Although this book claims it'll teach a reader without any programming background, and it actually does, I highly doubt if this book teaches anything useful. I did not know C when I was reading this book, and I thought this book was OK at that time. However, after he starts covering classes, inheritance, etc, it became so obvious this book won't be serious enough. Examples were so trivial, and I found it was better just to completely ignore his codes. Especially iostream and preprocessor section is nothing but a joke. It seems to me that this book is intended to teach what C++ looks like to people who do not have to do any serious work. In that sense, this book does what it promises: "From the ground" but not "up"
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