tmwhalens

I am thinking of learning the C++ language (have both VC++ and DevC++ compilers installed on my Win98box (Debian 3.0 box is packed away for move).

The local Barnes & Noble only had a couple of C++ books -- they seem to be shrinking their computer books section by the month, it seems -- and two of those books were written by the author of the C++ language, with one of them just being an extension of the other. Those two books seemed to be making assumptions of the reader's C++ knowledge.

My question is this: what books out there for C++ are really good to learn from? My goal is to write C++ programs for the Linux platform, but for the moment am on a Windows kick. I'm looking more for C++ books that READ like books and, and not like those WROX or Deitel & Deitel books that all have the same, boring examples across the spectrum of programming languages that they write for. I'm also not looking for a textbook that spends more time feeding you assignments. I'd appreciate reading some books that provide a computer science perspective, not just one on how to write a class for presenting traditional and military time formats, or how to write constructs that model a floor of a house.

At the moment I'm trying to like Visual Basic -- I love the GUI, but coding in it feels like I'm weaving strings of cooked spaghetti together -- and the VC++ code for making even a simple window with a close button is daunting. It's cryptic, to say the least.

If you have any questions for me, please ask away!

Thanks guys.

Optikal

Try the Learn C++ In 21 Days book (I believe its by Sams) I read it years ago and I remember it being half-decent for a beginner.

shofstetter

Have a look here : http://www.accu.org/bookreviews/publ.../a/a000131.htm
I actually have a few of the books listed on that page. I started with "the absolute beguinners gude to c" wich is an excellent book for getting started. he page above lists several books for c/c++ programming and has reviews for al of them