is there a difference between Ivor Horton''s Introduction to Microsoft Visual C++ and Ivor Horton''s Beginning C++? -Go on, have some junk food. It does not make you fat. It makes you poo.

quote: Original post by halo2
is there a difference between Ivor Horton''s Introduction to Microsoft Visual C++ and Ivor Horton''s Beginning C++?

I''m guessing that the first targets learning C++ specificly with the MSVC++ compiler. The second teaches purely C++ and doesn''t target any specific compiler. I personally would pick the second book, as learning to use the IDE to compile samples takes probably 10 minutes.



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I have the second book, and I have to say it''s extremely good. You will have to adjust some of the header file names, though, and a couple of things don''t seem to work on my MSVC++... strange...

Either way, if you only get one C++ book, get that one.

I have the second book, and I have to say it''s extremely good. You will have to adjust some of the header file names, though, and a couple of things don''t seem to work on my MSVC++... strange...

Either way, if you only get one C++ book, get that one.

In my experience, books that reference MSVC++ deal with windows programming and specifically MFC. I''d wager that is the case here as well.


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