Title: Comprehensive but badly written
Review: The fact that Stroustrup's C++ is arguably the most comprehensive C++ book out there, does not hide the fact that it is one of the most longwinded, opinionated, and overrated academic books ever written. I like C++, have been using it for years, and have referred to Stroustrup a lot. Usually I find what I am looking for, but at the expense of having to go through a lot of cross-references and self-important speeches ("I did this and I thought of that").Compare this with K&R C, where you'll find what you're looking for in little or no time, and which probably never uses the pronoun "I" (or even "We" unless including the reader). Brevity and humility are underrated and underappreciated.In my opinion, Stroustrup would have been 4-5 times better if it was 4-5 times shorter, and it would have lost none of its comprehensiveness in the bargain.
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