On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 20:36, Brent Verner wrote:
> [2002-02-11 19:42] M. Mueller (bhu5nji) said:
> | 
> | I'm going to take another look at the Josutti book.  i got the examples 
> | package from the web.  
> 
> Beware that the Josuttis book contains some examples (especially
> WRT iostreams, IIRC) that will not work with g++-3 and libstdc++-v3
> 

Really?  Can you tell me which ones?  I'd be interested in
knowing which ones and why.

> Also beware of examples in Stroustrup's book as well.
> 
> AFAIK, the only (correct) publication regarding the newest c++
> standard is that standard itself (ISO/IEC 14882:1998)

Well, that's not too surprising.  Until hte standard was
ratified, it was moving pretty fast.
 
> | I am finding the Musser book is probably better read front to back.  I do not 
> | often read a book in that fashion.
> 
> If you haven't yet got Austern's "Generic Programming and the STL",
> I highly recommend it for a wonderful look into the concepts behind
> the design of the STL.
> 
I have the Austern book and Matt does know what he's talking
about, but I find it very difficult to read.  I'm much
happier with the Josuttis book.  Just my personal opinion.

Tanner
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