Title: First-rate introduction to gcc/g++ for the new user
Review: I recently started learning C++ with the freely-available GNU tools (gcc/g++/make, etc). This book was instrumental in my early success - it clearly and concisely explains the GNU C/C++ compilers, and how to use them. It is very well written and is packed with useful (essential) information. One very illustrative and important example explains the process of splitting up the classic introductory program 'Hello World!' into multiple source files, using a header file to do so. While adepts may sniff at this level of detail, when you start out you don't know how (or why) to take this step - and explanations are hard to come by. I was delighted to see this covered in this book.This book started me out on my C++ adventure - thanks to it I am now at least competent with g++ and am still learning. My thanks to Gough and Stallman for such a helpful book - very highly recommended.
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