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Title: Poor book!
Review: This book is terrible in quite a few ways. I know C and C++ (ANSI/ISO C89, C++98) rather well, and this book (which is intended as an introductory read) confused me! I was forced to use this book as my only tutorial/reference/hope in a C++ course I took when I attended college.Mr. Mercer's coding style is ancient and belongs next to the first source release of the *NIX game Rogue. His code is more of an aesthetic problem (for me at least) than anything else though.The orange-highlighted sections(which there are a profound amount of) are an eyesore.If your professor/instructor pushes this bland book on you, take the course somewhere else where the department has a pinch of better taste.If this is a personal read, it's always best to start with Stroustrup, and if needed, a beginning book along the lines of possibly Learn in 21 Days series.
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