Title: One of the worst books on the subject
Product review: This book is probably the worst book to learn C++. The author mistakenly assumes that the reader is a highly advanced computer scientist, thereby leaving novice programmers totally confused. Techinal terms are bandied about with inadequate definition. The author finds it more important to throw out concept after concept rather than attempting to explain each one clearly and thoroughly. As such the entire book reads more like a research paper than something one would expect to learn from. The chapters are poorly organized. Examples start out attempting to showcase a concept but almost always end up including something that hasn't been covered before. It is often necessary to refer to another book on the subject just to understand something in Pohl's book -- which begs the question, why use Pohl's book in the first place? There are definitely much better books on the subject.
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