Publisher's Synopsis
This is a complete course text book for students who already understand the fundamentals of programming in a high-level language, and are required to extend their knowledge of programming to include C and C++. The book allows the major strengths and weaknesses of both languages to be compared and contrasted.;The emphasis throughout is on the use of examples that highlight the features of the language being studied, enabling students to convert to C and C++ in as short a time as possible. Explanation about the language follows from, and is put into context with, the example programs. A section of programming questions to test and reinforce students' understanding can be found at the end of each chapter.