What Now?

If you have worked your way through this book, you should have a good grasp of the rules of C++. However, that's just the beginning in learning this language. The second stage is learning to use the language effectively, and that is the longer journey. The best situation to be in is a work or learning environment that brings you into contact with good C++ code and programmers. Also, now that you know C++, you can read books that concentrate on more advanced topics and upon object-oriented programming. Appendix H, “Selected Readings,” lists some of these resources.

One promise of OOP is to facilitate the development and enhance the reliability of large projects. One of the essential activities of the OOP approach is to invent the classes ...

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