I''m sorry if you''ve all seen this topic a trillion times but I''ve read through a lot of C++ book threads and I can''t really find one I can identify with. I took a C++ class in high school but I don''t feel confident enough with C++ to dive straight into The C++ Programming Language. However, I do not want a beginner''s book like C++ in 21 Days. I''ve been looking at Schildt''s C++ The Complete Reference 3E. Any advice/opinions/suggestions are appreciated.

I think you are ready for "The C++ Programming Language". You don''t need much experience to use it, just the general idea. It was my first C++ book and I had no problem. It is quite well written. Try it out, if you find that it is too hard for you well your money isn''t wasted because you''d have eventually bought it anyway.

Besides "The C++ Programming Language", I can strongly recommend "Accelerated C++" by Moo & Koenig, it''s really good. The book explains C++ from step 0, but it''s not a newbie book like "C++ in 21 Days", it''s more, well, ''accelerated''

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You could also try Thinking in C++: Volume 1 & 2. You can download them for free from Bruce Eckel, the author.

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Make it work.
Make it fast.

"Commmmpuuuuterrrr.." --Scotty Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home

Those books by Bruce Eckel are regularly cited as "10 Worst
Books on C++/Java". Heh!


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The Bruce Eckel books seem to be a hit or miss with people.
Well actually more of a miss, but the people who like the book
"really" connect with it.