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Title: Only for extreme novice C++ programmers
Review: The concept of this book is good, but the execution is seriously lacking.The "bugs" in Mr.Oualline's programs are the kinds of errors only the most unskilled novices would make: a missing space character in a format statement; accessing a 5-element array with index values of 1 thru 5; a class whose constructor allocates storage but whose destructor doesn't release the memory. Trivial, easy-to-spot errors that don't really expand anyone's grasp of C++.To add insult to injury, large portions of the book are filled with Mr.Oualline's tiresome war stories and aphorisms.A much better source of knowledge is "C++ Gotchas", any of Scott Meyers' books, or the "C++ FAQ".
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