The C++ Programming Language - Softcover

Stroustrup, Bjarne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201539926 ISBN 13: 9780201539929

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1991

Synopsis

Third Edition now available! Written by the designer of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language is the definitive guide to the language, its fundamental principles, and key techniques for mastering it. The C++ Programming Language provides coverage of all C++ features, including exception handling, templates (parameterized types), and the latest ANSI/ISO extensions. The C++ Programming Language is the cornerstone of every C++ programmer's library.Features *Provides a complete tutorial to C++ and its key design and programming techniques *Focuses on the language features supporting abstraction and object-oriented programming *Discusses the technical and organizational issues arising when C++ is used in the design and implementation of large software systems *Describes the relationship between C and C++ *Presents techniques for designing high-quality libraries *Gives example implementations of key user-defined types, such as graphical shapes, associative arrays, lists, and I/O streams *Contains an Appendix covering recent ANSI/ISO Resolutions concerning the standardization of C++ *Includes the complete C++ reference manual Errata for the book, and brief updates on the progress of C++ standardization are available via ftp at: ftp://ftp. aw.com/cseng/authors/stroustrup/stroustrup2e/ 0201539926B04062001

About this title

About the Author

Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++, the author of The C++ Programming Language, The Annotated C++ Reference Manual, and The Design and Evolution of C++, and the consulting editor of Addison-Wesley's C++ In-Depth Series. Having previously worked at Bell Labs and AT&T Labs-Research, he currently is the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Science Professor at Texas A&M University. The recipient of numerous honors, including the Dr. Dobb's Excellence in Programming Award (2008), Dr. Stroustrup is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an AT&T Fellow, an AT&T Bell Laboratories Fellow, an IEEE Fellow, and an ACM Fellow. His research interests include distributed systems, simulation, design, programming techniques, software development tools, and programming languages, and he remains actively involved in the ANSI/ISO standardization of C++. Dr. Stroustrup holds an advanced degree from the University of Aarhus in his native Denmark and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cambridge University, England.

From the Back Cover

Third Edition
now available!

Written by the designer of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language is the definitive guide to the language, its fundamental principles, and key techniques for mastering it. The C++ Programming Language provides coverage of all C++ features, including exception handling, templates (parameterized types), and the latest ANSI/ISO extensions. The C++ Programming Language is the cornerstone of every C++ programmer's library.

Features

• Provides a complete tutorial to C++ and its key design and programming techniques
• Focuses on the language features supporting abstraction and object-oriented programming
• Discusses the technical and organizational issues arising when C++ is used in the design and implementation of large software systems
• Describes the relationship between C and C++
• Presents techniques for designing high-quality libraries
• Gives example implementations of key user-defined types, such as graphical shapes, associative arrays, lists, and I/O streams
• Contains an Appendix covering recent ANSI/ISO Resolutions concerning the standardization of C++
• Includes the complete C++ reference manual

Errata for the book, and brief updates on the progress of C++ standardization are available via ftp at:

ftp://ftp.aw.com/cseng/authors/stroustrup/stroustrup2e/

0201539926B04062001

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0201539926
• ISBN 13: 9780201539929
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 720