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Review title: Doesn't live up to 2nd edition
Product review: I am an experienced C/C++ programer and I have used the C++ Primer 2nd edition for quite a few years I and think it is excellent. I have owned this 3rd edtion for about a year now and I find it completely useless as a reference. Lippman's examples run on and take too long to get to the point. The book is about twice the length of the 2nd edition and winds up diluting the information and making it less clear as opposed to pressenting anything new.
