Re: [boost] Re: Boost to the rescue

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-15 20:49:02

At Friday 2005-04-15 11:21, you wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 07:50:39PM +0200, Martin Wille wrote:
>
> > <lament>
> > What makes me really worry is that many places even seem to be unaware
> > of the fact that there is a C++ standard. I'm afraid most software is
> > still being written by copy-pasting stuff from questionable sources on
> > the web by people who don't understand what they're doing.
> > </lament>
>
>And from really bad books.
>
>There are several beginners' C++ books published every year, far too
>often by authors who barely understand the language, let alone how to
>teach it to a beginner.
>
>Worse still, the good books that are published often go unrecognised by
>the majority of programmers.  Reading e.g. the "c++ in depth" series
>should not be seen as too advanced for most people.

which is the reason I recommend these books every chance I get (I guess 
this is a chance)
http://rudbek.com/books.html

>jon
>
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