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C++ Crash Course
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C++ Crash Course

by Josh Lospinoso
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced
792 pages
19h 42m
English
No Starch Press
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AN OVERTURE TO C PROGRAMMERS

ARTHUR DENT: What’s the matter with him? HIG HURTENFLURST: His feet are the wrong size for his shoes.—Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “Fit the Eleventh”

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This preface is meant for experienced C programmers who are considering whether or not to read this book. Non–C programmers are welcome to skip this prelude.

Bjarne Stroustrup developed C++ from the C programming language. Although C++ isn’t completely compatible with C, well-written C programs are often also valid C++ programs. Case in point, every example in The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie is a legal C++ program. ...

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