C/C++

bartender · Post by **bartender** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 8:43 pm

Could someone (with some experience) recommend a good C/C++ reference book? I'm just starting out with C/C++ but beginners guides become useless very quickly.

Cheers
Mark

Chief · Post by **Chief** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:44 pm

Learn Java.

or get C/C++ in 21 Days

Post by **mid_gen** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:52 pm

It's a uni thing, so he's gotta use C++

SAMS C++ in 21 days is good, but for just quick reference I found a little £7.99 book that covered all the important things without the crap (much better than having a half ton tome sitting on your lap while trying to type)

Teach Yourself C++

ISBN : 0-340-77528-9

bartender · Post by **bartender** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:31 am

When I said I was just starting out I meant I had completed the 'Sams teach yourself C in 21 Days' course. I am looking for a reference book with headers and enough syntax to help but no theory.

Oh and not much call for Java in computational drug design under a Unix environment.

Post by **mid_gen** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:50 am

The teach yourself C++ £7.99 jobby has all the reference I've ever needed (with the MSDN library being useful to fall back on). Covers pretty much all you'd need for general console based work. For anything not covered by them, head for (off the top of my head) sites like http://www.cplusplus.org/

Other than that, a search on Amazon for "C++ mathematics/science/chemistry" should do the trick...