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Practical C++
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Practical C++

by Rob McGregor
August 1999
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
912 pages
15h 44m
English
Que
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Chapter 1. Getting Started with C++

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  • See how to write source code

  • Find out about compiling and linking source files

  • Get a peek at functions

  • Learn to use C-style and C++-style comments

  • Tour the basic input, output, and error streams

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Creating a C++ Program

Why would anyone choose C++ as a favorite programming language? Maybe you’ve heard the nasty rumors that C++ is obtuse, difficult to understand, and downright unintuitive and unfriendly—that it’s mainly used by rocket scientists and egghead geeks. That couldn’t be further from the truth! C++ is a rich, robust programming language with features that make it stand head and shoulders above most other languages.

Procedural Programming

A programming paradigm that uses sub-programs or sub-routines ...

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