On learning programming from Bjarne Stroutstrup's book
<p>I have noticed that whenever I do exercises from Bjarne Stroutstrup's book, Practice and Principles using c++, the programs I make seem much less efficient than the solution code Stroutstrup provides. I was wondering if it is normal that my programs are much longer and more complicated when solving the same problem. </p>

<p>For example, 
     To solve the same problem, I would take 20 more lines of code than the solution code provided by Stroutstrup, sometimes even 40-50 lines more. Should this be something I keep in mind as I work through the book, or should I stick to each chapter till I can make the programs with the same succinct fashion as Stroutstrup does in the book?</p>

<p>Any suggestions would be appreciated!</p>
