/prog/ - Something like SICP for C(++)?

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:10

Sup /prog/, I've been wondering if there is something that comes close to SICP for C++. An extensive book with lots of exercises and solutions. A short search on the internet didn't turn up with anything useful.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:11

Just do SICP in C++ ;_;

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:19

C or C++? Make up your mind.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:23

Lord, OP. I don't think you realize what you're asking. SICP uses Scheme because it's simple yet powerful (you can do the exercises in any language, of course). C++ is neither simple nor powerful. It wouldn't be posssible to write a book like SICP using C++. Nor can I imagine why you would want such a thing. Explain?

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:29

>>4

I've already explained it. What I want is >>An extensive book with lots of exercises and solutions

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:33

>>5
You haven't explained why, and that is the question.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:34

>>6

Why? Because I want to get into C++ again after years of absence from the language?

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:36

Stipulation: Stay the fuck away from C++ until you have a firm grasp of C (and try to let it be, even then)

Option 1: K&R C (also known as The C Programming Language)
Option 2: Read SICP, implement exercises in C

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:36

>>7
Didn't you learn your lesson the first time?

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:41

Teach yourself C++ in 24 suicide attempts.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 18:50

>>10
That's a "Sam's" book, right?

But seriously, I hate books that understate the amount of time it takes to become proficient. 24 suicide attempts is roughly two weeks of C++ study, and you just plain can't learn it that fast. It's designed to require longer than that. Teach yourself C++ in bignum suicide attempts, maybe.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-17 5:13

Use SICP with C++.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-17 7:59

>>4
You can compile Scheme to C, and the source transformations to do so are learnable. While it would be possible to do most of SICP in C, there are many parts which would no longer be conceptually simple. Why would OP refuse to just read his SICP like it was meant to be read?

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-17 8:19

OP, just read Bjarne's book.

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