Accelerated C++ book outdated?

[Markus Dreyer]

I suggested our Librarian for the University Library to buy

Accelerated C++. Practical Programming by Example.
by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/

but she replied saying it might be outdated, since it was published in
2000, and therefore not worth buying. I don't have the book, I just saw a
lot of recommendations for it on the web. Do you think it's outdated? Is a
new version planned? What is the best current book to learn C++ quickly
given you already have programming experience in another prog. language?

[jeffc]

"Markus Dreyer" <sp**********@s pam.com> wrote in message
news:op******** ******@news.jhu .edu...

I suggested our Librarian for the University Library to buy

Accelerated C++. Practical Programming by Example.
by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/

but she replied saying it might be outdated, since it was published in
2000, and therefore not worth buying.

Now that seems to me to be a pretty clueless thing to say. I'll leave it to
the experts whether the book needs any updating due to very recent changes
in the language, however.

[David Rasmussen]

Markus Dreyer wrote:

I suggested our Librarian for the University Library to buy

Accelerated C++. Practical Programming by Example.
by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/

but she replied saying it might be outdated, since it was published in
2000, and therefore not worth buying. I don't have the book, I just saw
a lot of recommendations for it on the web. Do you think it's outdated?
Is a new version planned? What is the best current book to learn C++
quickly given you already have programming experience in another prog.
language?

She doesn't know what she's talking about.
Accelerated C++ is not outdated. It is the best
book of it's kind. C++ was standardized in 1998
and haven't changed since. So the book is as up to
date as can be. And it is brilliant. Buy it!

/David

[Bryan Bullard]

"Markus Dreyer" <sp**********@s pam.com> wrote in message
news:op******** ******@news.jhu .edu...

perhaps you should consulting your faculty.

I suggested our Librarian for the University Library to buy

Accelerated C++. Practical Programming by Example.
by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/

but she replied saying it might be outdated, since it was published in
2000, and therefore not worth buying. I don't have the book, I just saw a
lot of recommendations for it on the web. Do you think it's outdated? Is a
new version planned? What is the best current book to learn C++ quickly
given you already have programming experience in another prog. language?

[Mike Smith]

Markus Dreyer wrote:

I suggested our Librarian for the University Library to buy

Accelerated C++. Practical Programming by Example.
by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/

but she replied saying it might be outdated, since it was published in
2000, and therefore not worth buying.

Your librarian is a C++ expert? Wow. Is she cute? ;-)

--
Mike Smith

[Jonathan Turkanis]

"David Rasmussen" <da************ *@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:bu******** **@news.net.uni-c.dk...

She doesn't know what she's talking about.
Accelerated C++ is not outdated. It is the best
book of it's kind. C++ was standardized in 1998
and haven't changed since. So the book is as up to
date as can be. And it is brilliant. Buy it!

I agree with you entierly that the librarian is wrong; Bying a book on
C++ from 2000 isn't like buying a Visual Studio reference from 2000.
However, C++ has changed (a bit) since 1998.

Jonathan

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Markus Dreyer wrote:

I suggested our Librarian for the University Library to buy

Accelerated C++. Practical Programming by Example.
by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo
http://www.acceleratedcpp.com/ but she replied saying that it might be outdated
since it was published in 2000, and therefore not worth buying.
That's probably correct.
I don't have the book.
I just saw a lot of recommendations for it on the web.
Do you think that it's outdated? Is a new version planned?
Andrew may want to answer this.
What is the best current book to learn C++ quickly given that
you already have programming experience
in another programming language?

"The C++ Programming Language: Third Edition" by Bjarne Stroustrup.

[Jonathan Turkanis]

"E. Robert Tisdale" <E.************ **@jpl.nasa.gov > wrote in message
news:40******** ******@jpl.nasa .gov...

Markus Dreyer wrote:

[The is for the benefit of the OP. Robert, there's no need to respond]

What is the best current book to learn C++ quickly given that
you already have programming experience
in another programming language?

"The C++ Programming Language: Third Edition" by Bjarne Stroustrup.

The third edition came out in 1997, before the standard was finalized.
There are a number of places where statements in the third edition do
not agree with the standard (addressed throroughly on Bjarne's
website.)

The most recent edition, I believe, is from 2000.

All three are excellent. The idea that Accelerated C++ is outdated is
ridiculous.

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Jonathan Turkanis wrote:

E. Robert Tisdale wrote:

"The C++ Programming Language: Third Edition" by Bjarne Stroustrup.

The third edition came out in 1997, before the standard was finalized.
There are a number of places where statements in the third edition do
not agree with the standard (addressed thoroughly on Bjarne's
website.)

The most recent edition, I believe, is from 2000.

All three are excellent.
The idea that Accelerated C++ is outdated is ridiculous.

In view of the fact that a new ANSI/ISO C++ standard has been drafted,
*all* of these texts are "outdated".

[Jonathan Turkanis]

"E. Robert Tisdale" <E.************ **@jpl.nasa.gov > wrote in message
news:40******** ******@jpl.nasa .gov...

Jonathan Turkanis wrote:

In view of the fact that a new ANSI/ISO C++ standard has been drafted, *all* of these texts are "outdated".

See my original post.