C++ for Professional Programmers

by Stephen Blaha

C++ for Professional Programmers provides a complete introduction to the features of C++ language and the object-oriented approach, and will attract professional programmers in its coverage of soon to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850328013
• ISBN13: 9781850328018
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Itp New Media
• Length: 556 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

a great and clear book on C++

I bought this book 5 years ago, and it's still the best C++ I use all the time. This book is well written and organized. It illustrates many important and complex issues clearly. I 've read it many times. Especially very helpful when your 're looking for a C++ job, you can find answers to almost all C++ interview questions.

My Benchmark for All Language Books

I own several C++ texts and (call it an odd hobby) have expended several bookstore days probably, in my quest for the best texts for my library. This book has become the benchmark against which I measure any computer science text. It's meaty, precise, comprehensive and clean. It's a great reference as well as a terrific C++ boostrapper for someone with C experience. It's a mystery to me why this is out of print - but probably has to do with the fact that it does presume C skills. I sometimes peruse this book just to experience the pleasure of his crystal clear expositions and highly recommend it.

Extremely well written and clear.

Stephen Blaha is an excellent writer and this makes for one of the clearest, most complete, high quality C++ books I have ever come across. It really is a shame this book is out of print. I suggest you hunt for it if clarity of presentation and quality of examples and thoroughness is important to you.

Great Book for Learning to Program WELL in C++

Too many C++ books are overly verbose, poorly organized, and really don't give you a strong foundation in the language. This book does not suffer from any of these weaknesses. Dr. Blaha does a great job explaining how ANSI-C is extended to create ANSI-C++, then describes key object oriented design principles and techniques. Then he spends the remainder (some 80% of the book) giving the best training in the C++ language I have seen anywhere. You get a good feel for how your programming techniques in C++ will effect performance and efficiency. The author also discusses how to port C code to compile under C++ compilers, and how to mix legacy C code along with C++. He also has a chapter introducing the Standard Template Library. If you really want to understand C++ and learn how to program in it well - then I highly recommend Dr. Blaha's book.