Which C++ book was this?

Question

Please aid a failing memory.I&rsquo;m thinking of a book intended to teach C++ &mdash;- not a reference book. It would have been in print and available in Barnes and Noble in the US in the summer of 1996. Softcover, and the cover may have been yellow. The book worked through a series of examples over 800 (? maybe) pages focused on building a text editor.Ring any bells?

mindcrime · Accepted Answer

There was an early edition of C++: How To Program by Deitel & Deitel that had a yellow cover[1]. And those books were notoriously long, on the order of 800+ pages quite often, with lots and lots of exercises. So maybe that?[1]: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fUwAAOSwOA5fohoY/s-l400.jpg

stefanos82 · Answer

The closest I could find is the following https://openlibrary.org/books/OL818633M/Teach_yourself_Borla...I guess @tjr is right, if we consider its size consist of 832 pages.

tjr · Answer

Maybe something from the Sam's "Teach Yourself X in 21 Days" series?

warrenm · Answer

Borland C++ For Dummies by Michael Hyman, perhaps?

Which C++ book was this?

There was an early edition of C++: How To Program by Deitel & Deitel that had a yellow cover[1]. And those books were notoriously long, on the order of 800+ pages quite often, with lots and lots of exercises. So maybe that?
[1]: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fUwAAOSwOA5fohoY/s-l400.jpg

The closest I could find is the following https://openlibrary.org/books/OL818633M/Teach_yourself_Borla...
I guess @tjr is right, if we consider its size consist of 832 pages.

Maybe something from the Sam's "Teach Yourself X in 21 Days" series?

Borland C++ For Dummies by Michael Hyman, perhaps?