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In this third edition of The C++ Programming Language, author Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++, presents the full specification for the C++ language and standard library, a spec that will soon become the joint ISO/ANSI C++ standard.

Past readers will find that the new edition has changed a great deal and grown considerably to encompass new language features, particularly run-time type identification, namespaces, and the standard library. At the same time, readers will recognise the lucid style and sensible advice that made previous editions so readable and enjoyable. Probably the biggest change is a substantial new section, well over 200 pages in length, covering the contents and design of the C++ standard library, the most important new feature of the C++ specification. The author has also added a substantial number of new exercises while keeping many from previous editions that have retained their value.

While The C++ Programming Language is not a C++ tutorial, strictly speaking, anyone learning the language, especially those coming from C, will greatly benefit from the clear presentation of all its elements. It is impossible to overstate the importance of this book for anyone who is serious about using C++. --Jake Bond

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Written by the inventor of the language, the book is the defining, classic text on the language that has become central to software development over the past five years. This third edition incorporates additions and changes on a major scale. In particular the new edition is based on the ANSI C++ standard now being proposed with its many new language features - templates, exceptions, namespaces, and run-time type identification.
Provides comprehensive coverage of C++ language features and standard library components, including-

abstract classes as interfaces
class hierarchies for object-oriented programmin
templates as the basis for type-safe generic softwar
exceptions for regular error handlin
namespaces for modularity in large-scale softwar
run-time type identification for loosely coupled system
the C subset of C++ for C compatability and system-level wor
standard containers and algorithm
standard strings, I/O streams and numerics

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   20 of 22 people found the following review helpful: The best source of knowledge on C++, 28 Feb 2003 By  "gaaw-pal" - See all my reviews This review is from: The C++ Programming Language, Special Edition (Hardcover) I've learned C++ from this book first, a few years ago, so my experience is the that of a novice. On the writing style, I agree with those who say that it could have been written in a clearer way. The reading sometime had to proceed slowly, and sometime turn back a few pages and restart. On the content, instead, I think that no other book brings the same knowledge in both quantity and quality. It comes as no surprise that being Stroustrup the first inventor of C++, few people knows it better than him. Through this thousand of pages it is possible to learn plenty and plenty of details about the language. But should is stop here, it would be just another Kernigan & Ritchie. Indeed, the book brings much more. The language is explained through the use of a lot of examples that in reality are true insights on programming techniques. Perhaps you'll follow the classic path of buying this or some other big reference on C++, and then some other lighter book on tecniques and/or coding strategies. I did it, passing through exceptional books (Coplien, Koeing, Meyers). Now, looking back, I realize that much of the stuff I've learned through these latter books, could have been learned through Stroustrup's as well. All this stuff is there. The problem is that you learn them together with the language and the OO notions, so if you are a novice they could not receive the deserved attention (and perhaps they don't have the deserved space in the book. But, after all, I find they are "add-in"s, not the main subject). And there's still something more. Through the chapter Stroustrup exposes his view on the OO subject. It's a personal view (that lead to the language development as a support), but it's a good one, on my opinion. One that, among the many, deserves respect and that can get a direct match on the most widely used language, together with C.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? </