Book description
The C++11 standard allows programmers to express ideas more clearly, simply, and directly, and to write faster, more efficient code. Bjarne Stroustrup, the designer and original implementer of C++, thoroughly covers the details of this language and its use in his definitive reference, The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition.
In A Tour of C++, Stroustrup excerpts the overview chapters from that complete reference, expanding and enhancing them to give an experienced programmer–in just a few hours–a clear idea of what constitutes modern C++. In this concise, self-contained guide, Stroustrup covers most major language features and the major standard-library components–not, of course, in great depth, but to a level that gives programmers a meaningful overview of the language, some key examples, and practical help in getting started.
Stroustrup presents the C++ features in the context of the programming styles they support, such as object-oriented and generic programming. His tour is remarkably comprehensive. Coverage begins with the basics, then ranges widely through more advanced topics, including many that are new in C++11, such as move semantics, uniform initialization, lambda expressions, improved containers, random numbers, and concurrency. The tour ends with a discussion of the design and evolution of C++ and the extensions added for C++11.
This guide does not aim to teach you how to program (see Stroustrup's Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++ for that); nor will it be the only resource you'll need for C++ mastery (see Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language, Fourth Edition, for that). If, however, you are a C or C++ programmer wanting greater familiarity with the current C++ language, or a programmer versed in another language wishing to gain an accurate picture of the nature and benefits of modern C++, you can't find a shorter or simpler introduction than this tour provides.
Table of contents
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- The C++ In-Depth Series
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Basics
- 2. User-Defined Types
- 3. Modularity
- 4. Classes
- 5. Templates
- 6. Library Overview
- 7. Strings and Regular Expressions
- 8. I/O Streams
- 9. Containers
- 10. Algorithms
- 11. Utilities
- 12. Numerics
- 13. Concurrency
- 14. History and Compatibility
- Index
Product information
- Title: A Tour of C++
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2013
- Publisher(s): Addison-Wesley Professional
- ISBN: 9780133549041
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