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Introduction to Computing Using C++ and Object Technology, An
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Author: William H. Ford, William R. Topp
List Price: $85.00
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ISBN: 0132681528
Publisher: Prentice Hall (26 August, 1998)
Edition: Textbook Binding
Sales Rank: 352,630
Average Customer Rating: 2.12 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 2 out of 5
Very badly written book
The authors definitely had good intentions in writing this book, unfortunately it came out a little bit different. I had to buy this book, despite the fact that I had a couple of others, because it was required by my college instructor. It has a few fundamental defects, which make it very difficult to use as a textbook. First of all, one might assume that it is intended for a beginner, because it covers lots of elementary material found in any beginner book. At the same time authors intend to introduce the reader to more advanced topics of OOP and here the problems arise. In whole book the reader cannot find one place where the exact form of header file definition is written. You have to search other books or the header file listings to figure out how. But this is one of the most important steps in learning to write your own classes! Another, even bigger defect is the authors' presentation of examples. Solutions (mostly sketchy) of pretty difficult problems are given in a space of a couple of pages, which can only form an impression that either the authors are geniuses, or the readers are idiots, if they are unable solve the same problems that fast. Where is the natural, gradual approach, which is necessary for understanding any serious science (and C++ definitely is one)? Is there any procedure or mechanism to determine if the declaration and implementation of a class is complete and no more attributes or variables are necessary? One could expect an answer to this question from a book completely devoted to OOP, but don't expect to see it in this book, as well as answers to many other important questions.
Rating: 1 out of 5
This book is a piece of...
You will not know what I mean untill you buy and use this book. It is not meant for first semester students as the review mentioned. It sucks...examples are so hard, and approach used in the book in so difficult to understand
Rating: 1 out of 5
Why to write such a book
I dont understand why these two authors are wasting their time by writing such a non sense book. Thi sbook is meant to be for someone who is really a C++ programmer. So, the title of the book should be: ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE 10 YEARS experience in C++. DOnt bother and buy the book. It is raelly not simplified. Thank you
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