Re: Online C++ resources?
Re: Online C++ resources?
- Subject: Re: Online C++ resources?
- From: "Erik M. Buck" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 11:13:14 -0500
Unlike Objective-C, it is nearly impossible to learn C++ from an online
manual. C++ is easily the largest and most complex language with the most
obscure idioms, disparate libraries, incompatible compilers, and bizarre
extensions. It makes Ada seem like a simple language. I am serious, you
could dedicate an entire career to mastering C++ and someone would still be
a be to throw you a curve. It is humorous to note that even Bjarn
Stroustrup (sp?), the creator of C++, often fails to predict what a line of
code will do and has answered semantics questions incorrectly on the net. I
say all of this and I am a C++ expert (at least compared to the other
"experts" I meet).
Start with any thick C++ for beginners book. Then read "The Design and
Evolution of C++". I regard that as the apology. The entire book is a
defense and excuse for the obvious flaws in the language, and the book
pre-dates many new features including template meta programming, name
spaces, stl, and more.
The best thing about C++ is that it makes you appreciate Objective-C and
Eiffel.