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C++ types

    10-Mar-90 08:52:06
Sb: #24410-C++ types
Fm: Al Stevens 71101,1262
To: John M. Dlugosz 74066,3717
No, my book is not Zortech specific. It is a C programmer's C++ tutorial and is about C++ 2.0, and avoids anything "tricky" if I can help it. It has many compilable exercises, some of which do not work with Zortech 2.0, particularly the chapter on iostreams. I asked a question about cfront 2.0 behavior because I did not have a cfront 2.0 to try the thing out with. The code in the book must *compile* not just appear as fragments of example code such as you see in most other C++ books. That's how I work. Readers will not find a book credible if they cannot compile and run the code. The thread then turned from my original question to the philosophy of what one should teach to whom and the difference between how something works and how it is documented. Now it has turned to what my book and your book are about. Likely we'll soon lose the interest of the other members here. You may respond to this message and have the last word if you like 8-). Al Stevens