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5 comments about C/C ++ Annotated Archives.

1. I bought this book thinking it would be a good reference, and also a source for some basic data structures in my own code. Well, I relied on the doubly linked list in the book as a base class for my own code. Don't use it. I never thought that this code could be wrong, but I tracked the problem down to the remove_val() function in this doubly linked implementation. If you use it, it will give you a Segmentation Fault error. I haven't tested out anything else, but so far my experience with the book has been very negative.



2. First, the CD purported on the front cover to be "packed with ready to use code" contains slightly over 2mb of uncompressed source.

   The methods used in several sections are trivial to worthless. In the first chapter considerable analysis is given to a bubble sort. Fine, but the other methods are hardly better. AND the source had to be modified to run on my Borland compiler which objected to some mis-applied functions in these exceedingly simple examples.

   The back cover proclaims "The ultimate collection of robust code and expert techniques..". 2mb of trivial methods belie this.

   Overall there is way too much analysis ado over mostly trivial methods.

   I respect Herb Schildt who wrote the preface and recommend his "Teach yourself C++" way, way over this book.




3. there are many mistakes in this code, most of which is trivial anyway. I contacted the person, at the email address provided on this book, got a response of acknowledgement but never got any corrected code, or instructions on how to get it through ftp etc. I'll be careful not to get burned by these authors again.



4. I agree with the majority of reviews, this book isn't as good as it sounds. Haven't tried using the code, but thought it was in a poor object oriented style, and doesn't lend itself to reuse straight off the CD.

   A more detailed review an overview of the books chapters can be found at www.tarsiersoft.com/BR/cppaa-en.htm




5. I'm definitely in the minority here. I love these kinds of books. I find them a refreshing change from the continual stream of beginner/introductory C/C++ books that cover the same information over and over again ("hello world"). This book covers a lot of things that don't fall within the neat confines of the standard C++ primer, especially if you consider the Visual C++ genre.

   This book covers a lot of ground, much of it is in the form of annotated source code: sorting, linked lists, b-trees, performing financial calculations, statistical applications, and implementing language interpreters in C++.

   There are relatively few C++ classes in the source code. The bulk of the code is straight out C coding, to which C++ purist may object.

   Although it bills itself as compiler independent, the chapters on Internet programming and fractal graphics are pretty much Visual C++ all the way.

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2 comments about Beginning Visual C++ Components.

1. I have not read this book from beginning to end, and I wouldn't recommend it for beginners trying to learn Visual C++, since there are much better books. However, I rated this book 5 stars because of the niche that it fills. This book covers not only the basic Window controls (such as list boxes, combo boxes, etc), but it goes into much more specialized functions. For example, suppose you wanted to create a list box that can have multiple columns, such as a database, and allow the user to click on any box in the grid and type in information. These are the type of design problems the book tackles... it goes beyond the basic "how to implement the control". This is an excellent book on how to "get more" out of Visual C++



2. A good book about building and using MFC extensions and MFC ActiveX full controls. There are better books on ATL. This book shows you quite a few samples and then concludes by using them in an application at the end of the book. Samples are useful components for your own programs. This book is getting somewhat dated now (uses VC 4.2 and ATL 1.1) but still relevant.

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