The Waite Group's C++ Primer Plus, Third Edition

Note to Instructors

One of the goals of the third edition is to provide a book that can be used either as a teach-yourself book or as a textbook. Here are some of the features that support using C++ Primer Plus, Third Edition as a textbook:

• This book describes generic C++, so it isn't dependent upon some particular implementation.

• The contents track the ISO/ANSI C++ standards committee's work and include discussions of templates, the Standard Template Library, the string class, exceptions, RTTI, and namespaces.

• It doesn't assume prior knowledge of C, so it can be used without a C prerequisite. (Some programming background is desirable, however.)

• Topics are arranged so that the early chapters can be covered rapidly as review chapters for courses that ...