Claudio Puviani wrote:

"Steven T. Hatton" <susudata@setidava.kushan.aa> wrote

This is the kind of question that is hard to answer for
everybody. Different people think differently. I often
stumble where others don't. And I often stroll through
what others find hard. I am wondering if people who
have read Lippman's _Inside the C++ Object Model_
believe it improved their ability to write C++ code.

There would be something seriously wrong with anyone
who acquired new knowledge about C++ without
synthesizing it into better programming practices. I don't
think anyone, regardless of the depth of their experience,
could walk away from "Inside the C++ Object Model"
without at least one new insight on C++, and that alone
should be enough to improve their coding.

Also. Is it a page-turner, or a challenge to get through?

That's subjective. I couldn't put it down, but I've given up
on alleged page-turners from Anne Rice and Stephen King
after a couple of interminable chapters.

Claudio Puviani

Lippman's books are frequently recommended by experienced
programmers.

My criteria for choosing Stroustrup over Lippman were 1)
Stroustrup created the language, 2) Stroustrup had cooler
epigraphs. Actually, I didn't like the print format off the one
book I looked at. It felt like a sophomore textbook. Probably
a style that appeals to a majority, but not to me. As you can
tell, I used discerning reason to select my learning materials.

I did some checking on who Lippman is. Quite an interesting
bird, he. Does a lot of stuff that appeals to me, such as the
movie graphics.

I broke my word about Koening and Moo being my last C++
book for the foreseeable future. I just ordered Lippman's _Object
Model_

, and _C++ Templates: The Complete Guide_, by Vandevoorde
and Josuttis.