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The following book describes the C++ language:

• ISO/IEC 14882:1998(E), C++ Standard. Available from the national standards

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The following books provide general C++ programming information:

• Ellis, M.A. and Stroustrup, B., The Annotated C++ Reference Manual (1990).

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts. ISBN

0-201-51459-1.

This is a reference guide to C++.

• Stroustrup, B., The Design and Evolution of C++ (1994). Addison-Wesley

Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts. ISBN 0-201-54330-3.

This book explains how C++ evolved from its first design to the language in use

today.

• Meyers, S., Effective C++ (1992). Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,

Reading, Massachusetts. ISBN 0-201-56364-9.

This provides short, specific, guidelines for effective C++ development.

• Meyers, S., More Effective C++ (1996). Addison-Wesley Publishing Company,

Reading, Massachusetts. ISBN 0-201-63371-X.

The sequel to Effective C++.

The following books provide general C programming information:

• Kernighan, B.W. and Ritchie, D.M., The C Programming Language (2nd edition,

1988). Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA. ISBN 0-13-110362-8.

This is the original C bible, updated to cover the essentials of ANSI C.

• Harbison, S.P. and Steele, G.L., A C Reference Manual (second edition, 1987).

Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA. ISBN 0-13-109802-0.

This is a very thorough reference guide to C, including useful information on

ANSI C.

• Koenig, A, C Traps and Pitfalls, Addison-Wesley (1989), Reading, Mass. ISBN

0-201-17928-8.

This explains how to avoid the most common traps in C programming. It provides

informative reading at all levels of competence in C.

• ISO/IEC 9899:1990, C Standard.

This is available from ANSI as X3J11/90-013. The standard is available from the

national standards body (for example, AFNOR in France, ANSI in the USA).