C++ language

• Lippman, C++ Primer, Second Edition, 614 pgs, Addison-Wesley, 1991, ISBN 0-201-54848-8
  • an easy-to-read introduction; not quite up to date
• Stroustrup, Bjarne. The C++ Programming Language, 3rd Edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-88954-4, 1997
  • a detailed book by the guy who wrote the language
  • good if you know C or some C++
• Coplien, James, Advanced C++, Addison-Wesley
• Ellis and Stroustrup, The Annotated Reference Manual for C++

C++ style

• Meyer, Scott. Effective C++ , 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-92488-9, 1998
  • a good set of tips for better C++ programming
  • See also: Meyers, More Effective C++, 336 pgs, Addison-Wesley, 1996, ISBN 0-201-63371-X.
• Lakos, John, Large Scale C++ Software Design, Addison-Wesley

General programming

• Gamma et al., Design Patterns, 395 pgs, Addison-Wesley, 1995, ISBN 0-201-63361-2
  • not easy to read, but a great book on how to program well in an object-oriented style
  • the book
  • more info

C++ Online References

• C++ FAQ-Lite
• Style manual for C++
• Style sheet for C++ (postscript)
• C++ course at Columbia
• an intro to STL at Penn

For building large systems

• Managing Projects with Make, A. Oram and S. Talbott, O'Reilly and Associates
• GNU Make, R.M. Stallman and R. McGrath, Free Software Foundation
• RCS version control system
• Applying RCS and RCCS, Bolinger and Bronson, O'Reilly and Associates

Ungar programming style, with sample code

• generic.cc
• generic.h
• generic.test.cc
• Makefile

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