regarding C++ standard library

[arnuld]

Hello,

i posted this question more than 1 month ago but did not get
any answers, so i am posting it again (1). with advice form archives @
alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++, comp.lang.c++, comp.lang.c++.moderated &
ACCU.org & i came to the following conclusion for learning c++:


"Accelerated C++" by Koenig & Moo

"C++ Primer" 3/e by LIPPMAN & Lajoie.

"STL Tutorial and Reference Guide" 2/e by David Musser & Atul Saini

"The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference" by Nicolai M.
Josuttis

"TC++PL" 3/e by Bjarne Stroustrup


"Accelerated C++", "C++ Primer" 4/e & "The C++ Standard Library: A
Tutorial and Reference" by Nicolai M. Josuttis are not available in
INDIA. so i can not buy. (i wasted all the money i had by trusting
false reviews of amazon.com. books outside INDIA are very expensive
e.g. TC++PL 3/e costs 650 INR (INdian Rupees) where at amazon it costs
more than 4000 INR, hence not able to buy.

(MY experience: Common Lisp @ www.gigamonkeys.com/book)

PROBLEM: C++ standard Library.

HACKER principle: do not reinvent the wheel. always use what was
already built.

so i am going to follow this principle. i will use what is available in
C++ Standard Library & STL.

Musser & Saini's book is specifically for STL which is a only part of
Standard Library. what about Standard Library itself?

i mean which book for Standard Library? is TC++PL 3/e by stroustrup is
good for that (after C++ Primer & Musser)? or something else.


-- arnuld

(1) today i tried to post it at comp.lang.c++.moderated but i think th
emoderator discarded it as it did not appear.

 

[Victor Bazarov]

[...]
Musser & Saini's book is specifically for STL which is a only part of
Standard Library. what about Standard Library itself?

i mean which book for Standard Library? is TC++PL 3/e by stroustrup is
good for that (after C++ Primer & Musser)? or something else.

The only comprehensive book I know on the C++ _Standard_Library_ (and
not just STL) is by N. Josuttis. Get it and use it. You might want
to also look for a decent C Standard Library book, since the C++ SL
includes the C SL.

V

 

[Daniel T.]

i mean which book for Standard Library? is TC++PL 3/e by stroustrup is
good for that (after C++ Primer & Musser)? or something else.

I have found
<http://www.dinkumware.com/manuals/#Standard C++ Library> to be very
valuable.

 

[arnuld]

I have found

<http://www.dinkumware.com/manuals/#Standard C++ Library> to be very
valuable.

WOW!, that is really great but its digital copy.

i was looking for a hardcopy i.e. a book. my experience says if the
source is same then there is really a big difference in learning it
online & offline & latter is much better.

"arnuld"