Good Books to Learn from?

[BHX]

I have a huge collection of books but they are mostly the waste of money and time books like Teach Yourself series. I was wondering since I have a basic understanding of C++ if it was a smart move to go ahead and read C++ Primer, Optimizing C++ (at a later date), and then use the Complete C++ Reference as just that, a reference. Doing the examples and exercises as I go and experimenting with every piece of data I learn. Been told to avoid C++ Primer Plus. Do you think these are good books to learn from?

[Moschops]

Don't read anything by Herb Schildt.

[chrisname]

Don't read anything that gives you a time frame shorter than several years (unless it's only teaching you something specific, like templates or a specific library).

Bad: Learn C++ in x days (x ∈ R, x ≤ 365.25).
Good: Learn C++ template programming in x weeks (x ∈ R, x ≥ 3).

[BHX]

So C++ Primer and Optimizing C++ are good and probably all I need as I would imagine C++ Primer is a great reference in itself. Put Schildt's book back on my shelf with the other terrible books.

[chrisname]

I imagine Stroustrup's book is pretty good.

[BHX]

I'm sure it is, if you can afford to get it. $60 is a little much for me right now.C++ Primer, Optimizing C++, and C++ Reference I got on mark down. If I got Bjarne's book I'd have to absolutely get the Special Edition of The C++ Programming Language.

[king214]

Are you sure you didn't see the special edition? The one I'm looking at right now on amazon is only $12 used.


http://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-3rd-Bjarne-Stroustrup/dp/0201889544/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1331162891&sr=8-26

[BHX]

Yeah, according to what I read the Special edition has a lot of error corrections that the 3rd ed doesn't, has a few more appendices of data, etc. Though I didn't think about the used versions and they are only $30, a little more reasonable for my situation.