Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message > news:guitu0$op...@digitalmars.com... >> Sean Kelly wrote: >>> Brad Roberts wrote: >>>> There's only one book that I can remember ever working through the >>>> exercises >>>> on.. and that's even a stretch of the term exercise: Exceptional C++. >>>> >>>> For any of you that develop c++ code and haven't read that book.. I >>>> highly >>>> recommend it. >>> Scott Meyers is an excellent technical writer--he's one of the few >>> authors whose books I'd pick up without ever cracking the cover. >> So is Herb Sutter, the author of Exceptional C++. Are you sure you cracked >> that one even after you bought it? Nyuk, nyuk... :o) >> > > Looks like I'm not the only one that gets those books confused :). When > "Exceptional C++" was mentioned, I thought it was that C++ book you wrote. > > I think I breifly browsed through one or two of those "E* C++" books before. > Was very impressed with them (and also a similar book from a different > publisher geared towards game dev), but I think my biggest take-away from > all of them was, "Alright, that's it, screw C++." ;) Then I found D. Not > that the books were difficult or anything, in fact they did a great job of > making an extremely complicated language as easy as possible. But they just > made it finally click in my mind just what a PITA/POS C++ had become. Shit, > I'm rambling again... ;) >
One reason I like Exceptional C++ is that most of the points made in it transcend the language and are just good programming tips. It also does a good job of presenting complex topics as well as basic topics. Additionally, the 'exceptional' part isn't just about using exceptions in the language. :) Later, Brad
