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Subject: Re: (OT) Books on C++

Author: Rémi Coulom

Date: 05:26:50 06/27/00

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On June 27, 2000 at 01:49:14, pavel wrote:

>Hi guys,
>         I just bought a book from my local book store on C++ programing it's
>called "Teach yourself C++" by AL Stevens. Its for the begginers and
>intermidiate users. It teaches c++ programing assuming that the reader has no
>past experience on any c or c++ programing its printed and published by the IDG
>books. Now my question is, do I have a better option? Is there a better book
>than this one?
>experiences?? referances?
>by the way the book comes with a free cd of "quincy99" "gcc compiler"
>thanks
>Pavel

I do not know much about books, but here is some advice:

First, do not miss the FAQ. It is an absolute must-read IMHO. I learnt a lot
from it and it contains information about good books:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/by-newsgroup/comp/comp.lang.c++.html

Another way to learn is to study examples of working code. To stay on-topic and
make a little self-promotion, if you are going to write chess software then you
should take a look at TCB's chess library available for download from:
http://www-leibniz.imag.fr/~coulom/
I do not claim it is an example of good C++ style, but it shows nice reusability
features of OO programming. Frank Schneider used it to rewrite his new version
of Gromit. The recent auto232 adapter I made took me only 2-3 hours to write
thanks to it. It can be used to write any other kind of chess tools.

Good luck with your learning, C++ is not easy.

Remi



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