Yechiel's Preferred C Books, C++ Books
and Related Internet Sites

You can start a track, full of C and C++ information here.

C books and C++ books in Hebrew ?      Sorry, you must be joking !
So you think books in English are better ? Only a handful of them, the rest are just as bad !

A few tips for choosing a textbook in C or in C++.
A few comments on items that are mentioned here.

B. Kernighan & D. Ritchie: The C programming Language, 1988, 2nd. ed., Prentice-Hall (Comment).
For a few corrections, look at the Errata.
Read Brian Kernighan's Programming-Style Tips
Load Dennis Ritchie's The Development of the C Language (Postscript, 16 pages)


S. Summit: C Programming FAQs, 1996, Addison-Wesley Longman (Comment).
For corrections, look at its Errata.
You can look at it's Internet version (shorter, but very helpful).
Steve Summit has a very comprehensive online notes on C Programming.
Why should we write portable code ? Steve Summit answers.
Read Steve Summit's opinion about Elegant Software.

B. Stroustrup: The C++ Programming Language, 1997, 3rd ed., Addison-Wesley Longman (Comment).
See the Errata
Read IEEE Computer interview with Bjarne Stroustrup.
Read Bill Venners (artima.com) conversation with Bjarne Stroustrup.
Technology Review conducted a two-part interview with Bjarne Stroustrup:
    The problem with programming ( part two) (Feb. 9, 2007)


B. Stroustrup: The Design and Evolution of C++, 1994, Addison-Wesley Longman (Comment).
See the Errata


S. Meyers: Effective C++, 1997, 2nd ed. Addison-Wesley Longman (Comment).
For evolving corrections, look at its Errata.
The 3rd. edition is published (may '05)
    An interview with S. Meyers, about the new approach to C++, new techniques,
    its advantages (and shortcomings), and its usefulness in embedded systems.


S. Meyers: More Effective C++ 1996, Addison-Wesley Longman.
For evolving corrections, look at its Errata.
Read Tom Cargill's Article Exception Handling: A False Sense of Security.


M. Henricson & E. Nyquist: Industrial Strength C++, 1997, Prentice Hall (Comment).
See its errata.
An on-line free copy. (block pop-ups first)
An online version of C++ Rules and Recommendations, by E. Nyquist and M. Henricson.


M. Cline & G. Lomow: C++ FAQs, 1995, Addison-Wesley Longman (Comment).
For corrections, look at its Errata.
You can look at it's Internet version (shorter).
Here is a local copy   (it's a mirror) (Sep. 28, 2006)


A. Koenig & B. Moo: Ruminations on C++ (at AW), 1997, Addison-Wesley Longman (Comment).


A. Koenig & B. Moo: Accelerated C++ (at Pearson),
    2000, Addison-Wesley Professional (Comment). June 04, 2013

A wonderful source of book reviews, by ACCU (my reviews) (July 24, 2007)

The C/C++ Users Journal recommended book list (Sorry, broken)
Integral Security (Nov. 4, 2006)

Robert Davies maintains a huge page of C++ Internet sites. (Nov. 4, 2006)

You can ftp the latest official version of Frank B. Brokken's C++ Annotations.
Or you can brows the document through the Internet.
The root for this site is at The University of Groningen, the Netherlands.

For the interested people, here are slightly out-of-date drafts for
C++ Standard. (or a local copy)
C Standard. (or a local copy)
C Rational. (or a local copy)

A few FAQ lists, available over the Web.
alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ FAQ list. (temporary link).
    A future substitute - html version (different numbering, I did not check it yet)
comp.std.c++ FAQ list. (Sorry, broken, Oct. 28, 2004) (alternative?)


Visit The Standard Template Library page at SGI.
For other STL sources look here.
For STL-FAQs and other sources about STL look here.

Look at The GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
      My default choice for C/C++ compilers are gcc/g++ respectively (if you know what you need).
      Look below for more details.
An introduction to GCC is available as HTML and PDF
Here is GNU GNU-home base-ftp.
Look for their ftp mirror-sites.
Look for GNU Nana: improved support for assertions and logging in C and C++.

C and C++ Compilers
GNU C/C++ compilers gcc/g++ that were mentioned above.
About Intel C++ Compiler for Linux 6.0 Beta. Sorry, broken
Compiler optimizations: Techniques for Scientific C++
Free Borland® C++Builder Compiler(tm).
Here is C++ FAQs, Ch.38 about C++ compilers.
Here is alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ FAQ list, Q#17 about C++ compilers. (temporary link)
    A future substitute - html version (different numbering, I did not check it yet Sep. 28, 2006)
Comeau compiler provides a Web-service for testing your C and C++ code.


C and C++ Sources
Blitz++ for Object-Oriented Scientific Computing.
Pete Goodliffe's dbg library.
An interesting source for some C++ Techniques
C++ Sources by stickysauce
DEC C Language Reference Manual (March 20, 2007)


Subversion - a version control system
    (a free, Open-Source successor of CVS)


OOP sources
A multi-part introduction to OOP
    (despite the fact that the author is anti-C++)


Design Patterns links
Huston Design Patterns source. (Feb. 4th, 2007)


A few UML links


Mathtools links


A dependable operating system (UNIX®) for your PC, can be found at
The Linux Home Page.
The FreeBSD Home Page.
Free UNIX-like emulation for various window-systems
      is available at Cygwin(tm) (or here) with tools like gcc.
The Art of of Unix Programming.
Bellevue Linux Users Group


A very interesting book:       (there is a Hebrew translation)
      The Software Conspiracy by Mark Minasi       Chapter-1 (is an executive summary ;-).
An online PDF complete version is available.
A review of the book.



Some nice to have sources.
The Ten Commandments for C Programmers.
Here is what B. Stroustrup says about Java.
All you wanted to know about Perl and was unable to ask.
The Lessons of Ariane 5.
Ariane 5 is just one of many pages at Eiffel home.

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