The Professional C++ Programmer

Designed for 2nd-to-final year computer science and MSc conversion students. Assuming an introductory knowledge of object concepts and C++, this text aims to take the novice C++ programmer forward, to the more advanced features of object-orientation and C++.

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Designed for 2nd to final year computer science and MSc conversion students. Assuming an introductory knowledge of object concepts and C++, this text aims to take the novice C++ programmer forward, to the more advanced features of object-orientation and C++. Starting with a general summary of object oriented design, resuability and the construction of robust software, the book moves on to look at the memory management aspects of C++. The rest of the book looks at how C++ supports various types of polymorphism, starting with overloading and coercion, through simple inheritance to the use of templates and virtual functions to support parametric polymorphism. The book ends with a look at exception handling and how to write efficient portable code.