That's easy. Get the information for the guy who envisioned the language. _The C++ Programming Language_ Bjarne Stroustrup. Addison-Wesley, 2000 ISBN: 0201700735
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201700735/sr=1-1/qid=1144196764/ref=sr_1_1/104-6908142-7055123?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=books -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > i need to learn C++, but do not know where to begin with textbooks or online > docs. since, AFAICT, there are a great many skilled programmers on list, i > would > appreciate any recommendations that can be made about introductory and > intermediate texts on C++. > > my motivation for asking this is to avoid purchasing texts that will sit on my > shelf and collect dust. there are a great many introductory texts on nearly > every subject that do just that and/or don't cover enough material in > sufficient > depth. > > are there any texts on best practices for writing exploit-free code? if you > feel > this is insufficiently openbsd related, please reply off-list to reduce > chatter. > > cheers, > jake
