Please advise

[Red Horse]

What would be a good book for C++ starters?
I'm just new to this particular language, not to programming itself. Any idea of what to start with to make almost an expert (part of it is a joke :). At this point only the depth of knowledge and time, time (meaning days) matters. I am certain most of you, people like Ancient Dragon, Narue, etc can give me their expertise on this subject. Appreciate your help.

[Ancient Dragon]

you can start by reading the Read Me threads that have lots of suggestions. One thread is even devoted to c++ books.

[invisal]

Learning is very easy, understanding is moderately easy, applying is quite difficult.

[rajatC]

practice is also necessary...keep practicing small problems on the topic you have just read...it will give you better understanding...
simply reading from a book is not sufficient...

[ithelp]

Thinking in C++ is available online, you can buy Stroustrup's book as well.

[Narue]

>What would be a good book for C++ starters?
In order of usefulness as you learn C++:

Accelerated C++ by Koenig and Moo will get you started (beginner).
The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup will keep you going for quite a while (intermediate).
The C++ standard will blow you away with details (expert).

That's just for the language. For using C++, I could recommend dozens of books to enhance your depth of knowledge, but until you're comfortable with the language, you might not find them useful.

[phalaris_trip]

TC++PL is also floating around on pdf, but you didn't hear it from me..

[Narue]

>TC++PL is also floating around on pdf
Not legally, so let's just avoid that topic altogether.

[invisal]

I would suggest you to get 2 books: learning book and reference book. Reference book is using for checking quick syntax, and learning book is using for learning purpose, sometimes can be act like reference book.