Book Suggestion

[MOSKing]

I'm going to be taking Advance Programming in C++ in the next 2 months. Can someone suggest a good book that can assist me and give me a head start on the topics for this course.

[Thumper]

What are the topics of the course?

An all-around good C++ book would be Accelerated C++ by Koenig and Moo.
EDIT: Assuming that you already have experience with C++, which the title of the class makes me believe.
Accelerated C++ assumes you know the language a bit.

[Rechard3]

C++ the complete reference, Herbert Schildt
it demonstrates standard C++ from the bottom up, even contains the C-subset of the language.
it contains an overview on STL, not in depth though.
it would be pretty good for a takeoff.

[Cubbi]

C++ the complete reference, Herbert Schildt

This guy is so terrible he has his own entry in the Hacker's Jargon:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bullschildt.html

(granted, he became part of the lexicon because of his awful C books, but his C++ books are even worse)

[Rechard3]

@Cubbi:

C++ the complete reference, Herbert Schildt

This guy is so terrible he has his own entry in the Hacker's Jargon:
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bullschildt.html

(granted, he became part of the lexicon because of his awful C books, but his C++ books are even worse)

well...i read some few pages of the link you provided, yet i can't see any true evidence that this guy is a bad programmer.
while on the other hand, you can clearly see his accomplishments:
he's a member in both standardization committees( C's and C++'s).
he's a professor.
his books have been best sellers.
you can Google him, his reputation is good, why should i believe those guys?
although i wouldn't mind if you prove me wrong, you'll just have to give a good proof.

[Thumper]

@Rechard3
Searching google quickly I found a few of his book critiques:
The Annotated ANSI C Standard: http://www.lysator.liu.se/c/schildt.html
C: The Complete Reference: http://www.seebs.net/c/c_tcn4e.html

I found a pdf of C++ the complete reference
Scanning through, the book uses printf instead of current standard i/o streams. and old C standard library headers (<stdio.h> instead of <cstdio>, for example).
And that's probably because C++ the complete reference 4th edition was published in 2002.

[Dy7SLyTq]

>he's a member in both standardization committees( C's and C++'s).
>he's a professor.
>his books have been best sellers.

idk about the second, but the top and bottom dont mean much.
anyone can be a member of the committees and writing a best selling book isnt writing a good book. ive read many best sellers that were crap. they are best sellers because they sell quickly until word gets around that they are bad

[Cubbi]

you can Google him, his reputation is good, why should i believe those guys?

Google him indeed, it's hard to find a programming writer whose reputation was discredited any more than his (granted, there are definitely worse writers out there, but their names aren't used as curse words)

he's a member in both standardization committees( C's and C++'s).

He was an observing (non-voting) member in 1996 - 1998. That means he read mailing lists and maybe attended a meeting. He made no contributions.

[Rechard3]

@Thumber:

Scanning through, the book uses printf instead of current standard i/o streams. and old C standard library headers (<stdio.h> instead of <cstdio>, for example).

i think you were at the c-subset of the language section.
this function is only used in this section, and for good reasons.

@Cubbi & DTSCode:
ok, i get your point.
his book is the only book i read, do you suggest i erase all i know on this language and start with C++ Primer ?

[Thumper]

Rechard3 wrote:

i think you were at the c-subset of the language section.

Why would that even exist? But that might be what I saw.

Don't erase everything, as it's not all wrong.
I would recommend reading C++ Primer though. It's a much more highly regarded book.

[Rechard3]

well, i know the basics, my modest experience extends a bit beyond the scope of the book.
maybe i should check on:
Thinking in C++, Bruce Eckel
a relative of mine suggested it.
what would you say?