The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition Hardcover – Special Edition, 1 Feb. 2000

There is very little to say, this is the best C++ book you can ever buy, written by the mind behind C++ itself.If you are a beginner you may find it a little hard, but at least you are going to learn, and you won't remain a beginner forever.It covers the standard library too. I haven't seen other books about the STL so I refrain from commenting this section.

Who better to learn a programming language from than the creator himself. I would recommend this book to anyone who is serious about learning C++. Although it may be slightly more than what a novice would expect to handle. It would make an excellent companion with a tutorial type book and there are plenty of those around.Bjarne Stroustrup (Creator of C++) explains each section very clearly and accurately. I would also like to add this book significantly increased my knowledge and understanding on the C++ programming language. Coming from a self-taught C++ background, I found this book enjoyable and beneficial to read.

This is a classic C++ text in hardback. If you're programming ordinary C++ rather than the latest bleeding edge version of the language then this edition is an excellent compromise.My 'Amazon Warehouse' purchase of this book was bumped on the spine (hence returned to Amazon by the first buyer), but represents a better than average condition used purchase for me.

I like it, I don't love it. This is a reference manual. You need this on your desk if you are writing C++, but it isn't a best seller.Apparently there's this thing called the Inter-Net available now and some of this content is available distributed across 50 Web-Sites. I'd prefer the paper copy.

Well you can't get a better book on learning C++ than one written by the bloke who created it. Highly recommended for ever. Also very good condition and prompt delivery. Highly recommend this product. Thanks

This is a very academic exposition of the way to program in the language, so may not suit many, but it is a blessed release to those who are tired of wading through dense verbiage of the happy-clappy style.

* PhysicalIt's a very well bound, black and white book with 970 pages* What is its readership target audience? A-Level, H.N.D, Undergraduate, Graduate, Post-Graduate, Masters?It starts in introductory and intermediate, then, it's way advanced, so whichever this equates to its post-graduate at least, i.m.h.o* TopicsIntroductory, Part I Basic Facilities, Part II Abstraction Mechanisms, Part III The Standard Library, Part IV Design Using C++, Appendices a, b, c, d, e.* CommentaryThe first three parts are intermediate and of great quality. In my opinion, however, it's a clever, concise, review of stuff you've likely learned from other sources, not from what this gives the newbie from this volume. I was thinking I was not clever enough at this moment in time to read this volume cover to cover. But the first three parts are ok to read. It was, as I read the other reviewers, that it's a reference book and not a page-by-page book. I really rate the Advise parts at the end of each chapter, as they are golden nuggets of useful information.

Note that this is an academic text. I found it to be a useful reference for my job in Engineering