Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-04 04:30:22 Nuno Magalhães wrote: >What's the latest "official" "release"? ISO/IEC 14882:2003 Programming Languages -- C++ >C++02? C++03? It's not official, but the above specification is also called "C++03". It includes "TR1", which was library extensions on top of the first C++ st

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Roger Leigh
On Fri, Mar 04, 2011 at 10:30:22AM +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > What's the latest "official" "release"? C++02? C++03? Currently C++03 (C++98 with TR1). C++0x is due out really soon; support for most of it is already in current and upcoming GCC releases if you add -std=c++0x. Converting my code

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Nuno Magalhães
Hi, What's the latest "official" "release"? C++02? C++03? Has Boost been "officialized"? What about C#? I know it's not directly related, but how do you figure fits the picture? -- Mars 2 Stay! http://xkcd.com/801/ /etc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Roger Leigh
On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 10:46:23PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > I have the dusty book "Teach Yourself C++ 4th Ed" by Al Stevens, > from... 1995 and wonder that if I go thru it will I screw myself up > because of new language features. You will certainly find it confusing. Most, if not all, code ex

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Doug
On 3/4/2011 3:28 AM, Kelly Clowers wrote: On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:46, Ron Johnson wrote: Hi, I have the dusty book "Teach Yourself C++ 4th Ed" by Al Stevens, from... 1995 and wonder that if I go thru it will I screw myself up because of new language features. I don't know much about C++, bu

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-04 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 20:46, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I have the dusty book "Teach Yourself C++ 4th Ed" by Al Stevens, from... > 1995 and wonder that if I go thru it will I screw myself up because of new > language features. I don't know much about C++, but I remember how much Mozilla said t

Re: [Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4d706e9f.9050...@cox.net>, Ron Johnson wrote: >I have the dusty book "Teach Yourself C++ 4th Ed" by Al Stevens, >from... 1995 and wonder that if I go thru it will I screw myself up >because of new language features. I would ignore C++0x for now. I'm not sure if it has been published yet, but

[Semi-OT] Advice on whether a C++ book is still adequate

2011-03-03 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi, I have the dusty book "Teach Yourself C++ 4th Ed" by Al Stevens, from... 1995 and wonder that if I go thru it will I screw myself up because of new language features. Thanks, Ron -- I prefer banana-flavored energy bars made from tofu. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis