Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours (Teach Yourself in 24 Hours Series)

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Summary: Perfect for beginners wanting to learn C++
Review: I was skeptical about a 24 hour book but it has sinced changed my mind. This book explains the C++ concepts in a very easy to understand way. You learn the vocabulary, syntax, and other issues that are important to get you started and you do not get other garbage that just confuses you. You should have some programming language experience in order to completely understand it but you don't have to know C. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to get into C++. I was lucky to be able to use my compiler here at work so I have typed in all the example programs in gnu C++ on an HP UNIX system and they all worked. I didn't even open the disk so I can't tell you how the disk is but the information in the book is very satisfying for that first step into C++. Great for beginners.

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Summary: for the beginner?
Review: Not if you don't have compiler experience! The book is well organized, the author well known for his teaching abilities. However, the BORLAND TURBO C++ LITE compiler does not work, and will not work because it was put together in 1990 by BORLAND who will not support it, and as a matter of fact (this took me one week) NO ONE supports it. Its just too old. This is not the authors fault. SAMS publishing can't help, they just threw in whatever they found on the shelf. The source code saves much typing, but I find that you need experience in typing in code to find your own personal problems with typing in code, and recognizing what a semi-colon does, and so on. Just copying files and running the compiler won't create a programmer. You need to create your own programs; this creates experience. This book is a beginning. There are many more books by Jesse Liberty that I like better. I'll have a drink and toast all programming authors the day they get their programming books together and put a cd in with a proper compiler, or recommend which one to get., and where to get it. SAMS PUBLISHING owes me one!

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Summary: This book is horrible
Review: This book is horrible. The compiler sucks and most of the programs won't work with newer compilers such as Microsoft Visual Studio. It uses old style. I am learning C++ currently in school and I bought this as a supplement, but I think I will just stick to my regular book

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Summary: This book is horrible
Review: This book is horrible. The compiler sucks and most of the programs won't work with newer compilers such as Microsoft Visual Studio. It uses old style. I am learning C++ currently in school and I bought this as a supplement, but I think I will just stick to my regular book