Description c++ primer, fourth edition has been completely revised andrewritten to conform to today's c++ usage. Students new to c++ willfind a clear and practically organized introduction to the languageenhanced by numerous pedagogical aids. The fourth editionrepresents a complete restructuring and revision of the primer. Theauthors' motivation in this edition is to teach effective styles ofmodern c++ programming. To this end, they introduce the standardlibrary and generic programming much earlier in the text. Manyexamples have been reformulated to take advantage of libraryfacilities. Their focus is to show how to use the standard libraryabstractions rather than the low-level facilities built into thelanguage. They've also streamlined and reordered the presentationof language topics. For sale in indiansubcontinent only a favorite choice for a first c++ book--greatly improved and updated for modern c++ programming. Reorganized to better address the novice audience, making it more approachable for non-c programmers. Features many new examples that are less advanced and more accessible to novices as well as experienced programmers--folks who already use c++ need this book too i. The basics variables and basic types library types arrays and pointers expressions statements functions the io library ii. Containers and algorithms sequential containers associative containers generic algorithms iii. Classes and data abstraction classes copy control overloaded operations and conversions iv. Object-oriented and generic programming object-oriented programming templates and generic programming v. Advanced topics tools for large programs specialized tools and techniques stanley b. Lippman is architect with the visual c++development team at microsoft. Previously, he served as adistinguished consultant at the jet propulsion laboratories (jpl). - from Amzon