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C++ Solutions - Companion to The C++ Programming Language Third Edition by David Vandevoorde Recommended |
| ISBN: 0 201 30965 3 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pages: 292pp Price: £21.99 |
| Categories: beginner's c++ |
| Reviewed by Francis Glassborow in C Vu 11-1 (Nov 1998) |
David Vandevoorde has not attempted the kind of global coverage that characterised Tony Hansen's book. In C++ Solutions we have a much slimmer volume in which the author has been selective in which exercises he tackles. On the other hand the book has come out only a year after C++PL 3rd ed. and so should have more currency.
David fully deserves to be respected as a C++ expert and this book is worthy of your study if you are trying to achieve mastery of C++. However there is plenty of room for you to write your own set of answers to an entirely different selection of Bjarne Stroustrup's end of section exercises.
I recommend that you try the original exercises first before checking to see
if David has provided his. One feature of David's work is that he sometimes
adds a supplemental question of his own to make sure that you have to think
about what you are doing. He does not provide solutions for his
supplemental questions :-)
A book worthy of your study if you are anything less than a C++ expert.
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