Claudio Puviani wrote:
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> "Steven T. Hatton" <susudata@setidava.kushan.aa> wrote[color=green]
>> This is the kind of question that is hard to answer for
>> everybody. Different people think differently. I often
>> stumble where others don't. And I often stroll through
>> what others find hard. I am wondering if people who
>> have read Lippman's _Inside the C++ Object Model_
>> believe it improved their ability to write C++ code.[/color]
>
> There would be something seriously wrong with anyone who acquired new
> knowledge about C++ without synthesizing it into better programming
> practices. I don't think anyone, regardless of the depth of their
> experience, could walk away from "Inside the C++ Object Model" without at
> least one new insight on C++, and that alone should be enough to improve
> their coding.
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>> Also. Is it a page-turner, or a challenge to get through?[/color]
>
> That's subjective. I couldn't put it down, but I've given up on alleged
> page-turners from Anne Rice and Stephen King after a couple of
> interminable chapters.
>
> Claudio Puviani[/color]
Lippman's books are frequently recommended by experienced programmers. My
criteria for choosing Stroustrup over Lippman were 1) Stroustrup created
the language, 2) Stroustrup had cooler epigraphs. Actually, I didn't like
the print format off the one book I looked at. It felt like a sophomore
textbook. Probably a style that appeals to a majority, but not to me. As
you can tell, I used discerning reason to select my learning materials.
I did some checking on who Lippman is. Quite an interesting bird, he. Does
a lot of stuff that appeals to me, such as the movie graphics. I broke my
word about Koening and Moo being my last C++ book for the foreseeable
future. I just ordered Lippman's _Object Model_, and _C++ Templates: The
Complete Guide_, by Vandevoorde and Josuttis.
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