ISBN1418836397

This book have been nothing but confusion in my C++ classes. I've spoken to students in two C++ classes. Everyone has hated this book, so this is not just my opinion. The examples are way to long. For some of his examples he uses palindrome numbers, Fibonacii numbers. The author may be very smart, but this is not the place to show off. Get another book that breaks things down to simple examples. If you're in a class, get Tony Gaddis, "Starting out with C++" much clearer,he writes so the student can understand and learn. This book will only confuse the beginner.

If you're new to programming, this book may be too long-winded for you. I certainly think anyone who reads through the text and spends time on the examples could manage to learn the language, but for the absolute beginner, I would suggest something shorter with simpler examples. Each section is covered in copious detail and I would imagine many new students would not be interested in reading it all.

If you've programmed before, I highly recommend this book. It covers all the basics of the C++ language and many intermediate topics. Breezing through certain sections while looking through examples and their output, you can quickly pick up on the differences in C++ and other programming languages; however, if you come across something that doesn't seem familiar, the incredible detail provided in this book can certainly clear it up. The book also provides useful appendixes for reference as well as an index.

I have just completed my order with Amazon.com for a copy of this book, so I don't have the book yet. Why the decision to purchase ? Well, I read the reviews here and decided to download the source codes from the author's website and see what the fuzzes are all about. I opened up my Ultra Studio and start going over the codes. Holly smoke, these stuffs can saved you hours of programming, the author's got items on stacks, queues, linked list, etc. I read some sample writing from the website, and the writings do seem more accadamical than an easy read on a Sunday afternoon. For me, this is fine, as I am used to this type of writings.

Overall, seem like a safe purchase.

I took an introductory c++ class a few years ago and the textbook for that class was much more difficult to follow. Malik does a great job going over things so that difficult concepts are easily understood. If you are a beginner you may have a hard time understanding some of the concepts in this book. However, learning to program takes effort to learn well and the lengthy code examples in this book are an excellent way to see overall programs instead of just snippets. Some reviewers complain about the math in the book. There is actually very little and what there is fairly basic algebra. You can skip through most of the math problems and be fine. A good use of color as well.

This book presents C++ programming in a fairly rigorous fashion. Many of the examples are somewhat long, however, this is what happens when you need to move beyond simple stuff like finding the maximum number in an array, counting a series of numbers with a loop, printing a triangle of asterisks, and so on. Such problems are examined in this book but the author doesn't stop there. This is one of the few books that actually demonstrates the kind of programming skills that the "real world" demands.