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C++ For Java Programmers
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by Timothy A. Budd
Sales Rank: 172650
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List Price: $67.60
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Paperback: 290 pages
Publisher: Addison Wesley April 2, 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201612461
ISBN-13: 978-0201612462
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Customer Reviews & Comments
This book was mistitled. It should have been "Differences Between Java And C++: A Crunch Translation Guide". Like an English-LanguageX translation guide (or a culture-to-culture translation guide, for that matter), this book is intended to identify the sorts of things that a Java developer jumping into C++ with no background in C++ would typically incorrectly presume or fail to correctly presume without having been told. To that end, this is an excellent, one-of-a-kind book that immediately immerses the reader into very significant and important differences between the languages regarding everything from syntax to compilation and execution. There is an interesting bit of detail about the philosophy, purpose, and objectives behind C++ which paints a significantly different picture in that realm than Java does, showing that in spite of the fact that Java and C++ look similar to the human eye, they are nothing alike (... but alike enough to be able to produce a "direct translation guide" like this book). This book assumes a) significant familiarity with Java, b) is familiar with, and respects and appreciates, what too many people think "doesn't really matter," like how computers work, computing history, etc., and c) basic existing familiarity with C++, at least enough for "Hello World!" and then some. I'd recommend this book to any Java programmer looking at C++ who has never done so but who has recognized that Java was born by C++ developers, and who has recognized that one can and should actively extend, and not indifferently coincide, new C++ skills on top of an existing fluency in Java. This book should be accompanied by other books--no book can do it all--but this is an excellent "Java/C++ translation guide". Due to the mistitling/mismarketing, I would give this a 9/10 but given only five stars it rounds up to five.
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