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The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition)

The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition)

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By: Bjarne Stroustrup (Author)  (Hardcover - 2000)
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» Hardcover: (1030 pages)
» Publisher Addison-Wesley Professional (February 11, 2000)
» ISBN: 0201700735
» Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
» Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,679 in Books
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Book Description

More than three-quarters of a million programmers have benefited from this book in all of its editions

Written by Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, this is the world's most trusted and widely read book on C++.

For this special hardcover edition, two new appendixes on locales and standard library exception safety (also available at www.research.att.com/~bs/) have been added. The result is complete, authoritative coverage of the C++ language, its standard library, and key design techniques. Based on the ANSI/ISO C++ standard, The C++ Programming Language provides current and comprehensive coverage of all C++ language features and standard library components.

For example:
  • abstract classes as interfaces
  • class hierarchies for object-oriented programming
  • templates as the basis for type-safe generic software
  • exceptions for regular error handling
  • namespaces for modularity in large-scale software
  • run-time type identification for loosely coupled systems
  • the C subset of C++ for C compatibility and system-level work
  • standard containers and algorithms
  • standard strings, I/O streams, and numerics
  • C compatibility, internationalization, and exception safety
Bjarne Stroustrup makes C++ even more accessible to those new to the language, while adding advanced information and techniques that even expert C++ programmers will find invaluable.






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664 of 681 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Fundamental Book, but should be last read, April 11, 2001
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This review is from: The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
This book is written in the way creator Bjarne Stroustrup sees his language and how his language should be used. This book is not thin on material for the intermediate to advanced C++ software engineer.
One word in warning to potential buyers: You better be sharp with your STL skills before reading this book. Stroustrup writes his implementations around the STL which is not covered from a tutorial style in this book before he introduces it, which tells you that he meant for this book strictly as a reference not as a readers book. This critism is constructive, not disruptive, but I have been programming in standard ANSI/ISO C++ for 9 years, this book is best understood if you read the following first, if not, this book for even an itermediate C++ program cannot be digested to the fullest and you will reading this book fooling yourself of how much knowledge you have attained, when in reality, all that you have accomplished is reading this book so that you can say that you read... Read more
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65 of 69 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best & Most Completed C++ Books Ever!, April 14, 2000
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This review is from: The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
From my years of being a C++ programmer, this is definitely the one of the best reference books I've ever used. This book cover all the aspects of C++, one of the most complicated programming language, with a nice detail of everything, including STL (Standard Template Library, the C++ new standard library).
However, this book is, like all of the previous editions, NOT a language/programming tutorial. To read this book, you will need tons of C++ & OOP knowledge, even if you are an ace C programmer (since C is quite different from C++ in "The Way of Thinking"). Especially, if you are a novice, please read one or two "good" primer book before coming to this one, otherwise you will get lost easily. (Believe me, it's happened to me before when I tried to read the 2nd edition).
Moreover. In this edition, the author, Bjarne Stroustrup, added 2 more appendixes on "locales" and "standard library exception safety", which would... Read more
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122 of 142 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars An overrated, disorganized book completely unsuited as a learning text and only mildly useful as a reference, August 27, 2006
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This review is from: The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)
Over the last two years, I have come to love the C++ language despite all its quirks and horrendous syntax. I view its primary creator and the C++ expert community with much awe . I love the STL, Boost and Blitz libraries for their elegance in design and ease of use. Considering my prior programming experience was on the uncomplicated Java platform, this is something. :-)

IMHO this book does not live up to the language. Being the recommended text, this book has had the very unfortunate effect of scaring away a lot of intelligent programmers from the C++ world. I am an intermediate programmer who had a fair command over C and Java and who had done his share in building enterprise software. Despite my best efforts, I was unable to learn C++ from this book. I struggled a couple of times and then threw this book away. Learning tensor calculus is easier than learning C++ from this book! When I did get around to having a command over C++, I found this book boring,... Read more
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