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C++ Master Reference
by Clayton Walnum
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Wiley Publishing (1999-08)
ISBN: 0764575244
EAN: 9780764575242
UPC: 785555005747
Dewy Decimal #: 005.133
Hardcover: 1517 pages
SKU: mon0000044175
Condition: New
Comments: Brand new never used with unopened CD.
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Product Description
With more than 900 alphabetized and crossreferenced entries, this comprehensive reference provides authoritative, easy to understand explanations of keywords, functions, operators, classes, concepts, and techniques needed to write C++ applications with Microsoft Visual C++ and Borland C++ Builder. CD-ROM included.
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Customer Reviews
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Poor poor reference
Rating  (2)
Date: 2001-03-08
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a knowledgable C++ programmer, I bought this book in the hopes of having an end-all reference manual. What I got was an excellently indexed book of mistakes. I've never seen so many errors in descriptions, examples, and usages as this book has. I've even found instances where a description for a call was an exact duplicate of an earlier call's description (cut and paste) but had nothing what-so-ever to do with the call it now described. I managed to give it 2 stars only because it is accurate MOST of the time.
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NOT Fully ANSI Compliant, Misleading...
Rating  (1)
Date: 2000-06-01
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a student, I thought the C++ Master Reference would be a great find, but after looking through it, I took it back for a refund. You get just as much help (and often better) from the Visual C++ help CD as you do from this text.Plus, I must agree with the reviews of the others that say that this book is NOT ANSI compliant. The book states on the cover "Fully ANSI Compliant", which is extremely misleading! For example, the book lists the functions stricmp, strupr, and strlwr as being part of string.h These functions are not ANSI standard at all, and are in fact Microsoft Visual C++ specific. True, most of the ANSI stuff is there, but to call the book "fully ANSI compliant" is VERY misleading to say the least. It would not be so bad if the non-standard functions were clearly labeled, but they are not. Thus, you can use about 70-80% of the functions on UNIX, but with many, it's hit and miss. If you want to be a real C++ programmer who relies on industry standard instead of proprietary functions, eschew this book. Pick up a copy of the ANSI C++ standard instead.
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NOT Fully ANSI C++ Compliant as book claims...
Rating (1)
Date: 2000-06-01
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have to say, after reading all the other reviews, and perusing the book myself. I feel inclined to side with the folks who think this book is misleading. I especially do not like the line on the title that states "Fully ANSI C++ Compliant". I find this severly misleading. It has the ANSI items covered, but does not bother to label what is and is not ANSI standard. This is very important to me as a student. For example, the book lists the functions stricmp, strupr, strlwr. These functions are not part of the ANSI standard library. They only exist in the Microsoft C++ compiler, or on other proprietary compilers who choose to implement them. True, 60-70% of the book is probably ANSI standard and will port to UNIX or some other platform, but much of it WON'T, and is not labeled except in patches here or there, which is a disservice to the reader. Sorry, I was drawn to the book when I first saw it, but you get much better information by typing the keyword in Visual C++ and pressing F1. Or go download a copy of the C++ ANSI Standard.
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NOT for the ANSI standard crowd...
Rating  (3)
Date: 2000-05-26
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a teacher in C++, I always strive to tell my students to stick to the standards. They're portable, and help C++ to be the great language it is for cross-platform development. It's not that the author fills the book with Microsoft Visual C++ functions that are NON-STANDARD that bugs me. It's that he doesn't bother to add a few text lines on each function to tell wether it's ANSI standard, Microsoft, Borland, etc. In short, people could be using these functions thinking that they'll work on UNIX, then scratch their heads wondering why it didn't compile. I think the fact that all the examples #include is pretty much proof enough of how Microsoft centric this book is.I have to agree with the other reviewer, this should be titled Microsoft Visual C++ Master Reference, not C++ Master Reference. The title is just too misleading, and so is the material. If you want an encyclopedia-style listing of VISUAL C++ functions, this is for you. Otherwise, stick with Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language". It may be rough reading for the newbie, but it is THE definitive C++ ANSI reference. If you want good coding advice, Scott Meyer's "Effective C++" is a MUST have.
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If its in the Standard Library, it's there.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2000-03-19
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a good book, no matter which compilier you use because it's standard. If you write about C++ or do research on the subject, it's great. This book allows you to look for functions, macros, and range of data values(eg. long/ unsigned long)in an alphabetical order. Good for anyone on all levels. The thing to remember is that this is like a dictionary, so there won't be any lenghty tutorials.
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