Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-22 Thread Ville Vainio
> "Rick" == rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rick> I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a good C++ Rick> book, with "good" being defined from the perspective of a Rick> Python programmer. I A good C++ book from the perspective of a Python programmer

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-20 Thread Petr Prikryl
Try also the Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in C++". It is also available on-line for free at http://www.mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html I like the book because it explains the things very clearly. After reading it, one will stop to think and say that C++ is "only C with strange OO things

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread Craig Ringer
On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 09:04 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rick Muller wrote: > >I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a good C++ book, with > >"good" being defined from the perspective of a Python programmer. > > The STL and the template feature of C++ gives the programmer some of > t

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread Scott David Daniels
John Hunter wrote: "Philippe" == Philippe C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philippe> I suggest you google 'C++ tutorial' Regards, Stroustup's "The C++ Programming Language" is the best C++ book I've read. It is at a fairly high level, and I already had read several C++ books before readin

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread Andrew Koenig
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > The 4th edition of the well-known "C++ Primer", with Moo as a new > co-author, will soon be published. It is a > more comprehensive and much longer book. It is also organized more traditionally than "Accelerated C++." "Accelerated C

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread Paul Rubin
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a good C++ book, with > "good" being defined from the perspective of a Python programmer. I > realize that there isn't a book titled "C++ for Python Programmers", > but has anyone found one that they th

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread Thomas Bartkus
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm picking up C++ again after years of using almost nothing but > Python. I'm frankly enjoying the experience, and it's certainly > deepening my appreciation of Python (which you can read however you > like). > Gad! After Python, how c

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread beliavsky
Rick Muller wrote: >I was wondering whether anyone could recommend a good C++ book, with >"good" being defined from the perspective of a Python programmer. The STL and the template feature of C++ gives the programmer some of the functionality of Python (using templates instead of duck typing, vect

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread John Hunter
> "Philippe" == Philippe C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philippe> I suggest you google 'C++ tutorial' Regards, Stroustup's "The C++ Programming Language" is the best C++ book I've read. It is at a fairly high level, and I already had read several C++ books before reading it, so it

Re: [OT] Good C++ book for a Python programmer

2005-01-19 Thread Philippe C. Martin
I suggest you google 'C++ tutorial' Regards, Philippe On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 04:08:16 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm picking up C++ again after years of using almost nothing but > Python. I'm frankly enjoying the experience, and it's certainly > deepening my appreciation of Python (which