C++ Pointers and Dynamic Memory Management 1st Edition

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Using techniques developed in the classroom at America Online's Programmer's University, Michael Daconta deftly pilots programmers through the intricacies of the two most difficult aspects of C++ programming: pointers and dynamic memory management. Written by a programmer for programmers, this no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts guide shows you how to fully exploit advanced C++ programming features, such as creating class-specific allocators, understanding references versus pointers, manipulating multidimensional arrays with pointers, and how pointers and dynamic memory are the core of object-oriented constructs like inheritance, name-mangling, and virtual functions.

Covers all aspects of pointers including: pointer pointers, function pointers, and even class member pointers

Over 350 source code functions—code on every topic
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Covers all aspects of pointers including: pointer pointers, function pointers, and even class member pointers

Over 350 source code functions—code on every topic
OOP constructs dissected and implemented in C
Interviews with leading C++ experts
Valuable money-saving coupons on developer products
Free source code disk
Disk includes: Reusable code libraries—over 350 source code functions you can use to protect and enhance your applications
Memory debugger
Read C++ Pointers and Dynamic Memory Management and learn how to combine the elegance of object-oriented programming with the power of pointers and dynamic memory!

About the Author

MICHAEL C. DACONTA is the site manager and Tech lead in Arizona for Mystech Associates, Inc. He currently develops advanced client/server applications using X-Windows, remote procedure calls, and generic code libraries. He is the founder of Virtual Fusion, a virtual corporation, and developer of EZDB and Virtual Inc. Mr. Daconta is also an associate faculty member of Cochise College where he teaches C++. His other books include C Pointers and Dynamic Memory Man-agement, also available from Wiley.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (May 29, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0471049980
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0471049982
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.87 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.28 x 1.14 x 9.35 inches

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I am a software developer for 25 years, a father of three wonderful children and prolific writer. I enjoy the writing process - knitting together words to teach, enlighten and share with my readers. I have also taught training courses, have 2 patents and have always been driven to be my best. Hope my readers enjoy and learn from my books and I am always interested in feedback, suggestions and even constructive criticism. I'd like to end this by thanking all my readers and wish you the best!

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Robert W. Klein

Not a good book

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2014

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Other reviewers have stated all of my complaints. One ever said he stopped at page 100 and couldn't go on: I'm almost to 100 and today I almost put the book down for good. Most of the memory stuff can be found in Prata's C Primer Plus. A pretty good book and one well endorsed by accu dot org. The book starts out promising but quickly fades. The author will say how great something is, then tangle up its use in a long coding illustration, sometimes almost completely obscuring what he's doing by using library functions. He writes HUGE comments for each function in his code -- a good idea in the real world, and not terrible in a tutorial -- but then doesn't comment at all what he's actually demonstrating in the example -- a terrible idea in a tutorial, a good idea (called abstraction) in the real world. Maybe Mr. Daconta was confused on what his book was for -- I'm not: it's going in the garbage.

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I'm about a 1/4 of the way through Pointers on C by Kenneth A. Reek. It is everything this book promised to be. It's not an intro to C book, but neither is this. If you've got the basics down and are ready to move deeper into how C works, check out Mr. Reek.

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Andrew Pape

Important subject that's rarely covered

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2011

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You won't get stuck with this book because it is short, technical, interesting, and well-written.

With C, I learned how one small memory bug could cause hours of debugging. Although C is a fast and powerful language, I think there are too many memory and pointer pitfalls. An obvious example is that if you write one byte beyond the end of an array, the result is unpredictable, so it becomes extremely difficult, and expensive, to debug. With the C compilers of the 80s, the compilers would not often gives warnings, e.g. if you used a single equal sign when you intended to check for equality, rather than make an assignment. One simple mistake and your program could bomb. So, if you want to be an excellent C programmer, you'd have to spend hours to read your program and debug it. Worse, when using other people's C libraries, a bug in their code could cause your own program to crash. This happened to me when I added an audio module to my c++ game. The graphics went all wrong, indicating that my world data was being clobbered. Like other programmers, I don't like to take the blame myself, hoping someone else is responsible. But in this case I was right. By substituting in an different audio package, my game worked.

Now that we use C++ in preference to C (usually), we find there are many pitfalls with C++ too. The author shows that C++ is not just a high-level language. He shows how the main features of C++ (encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism) work, by showing plain C code that gets the same effect. When you understand this, you will be able to see through the "high-level" features of C++ and you'll be able to write more robust C++ code.

Some of the topics covered well by this book are: global variables, the stack, free-store, pointer-pointers, function pointers, and virtual functions.

It took a long time to transition from C to C++, as I couldn't understand the new "OOP" paradigm. If I had this book while learning C++, I would have understood that the high-level, abstract paradigm of C++, was just a cover-up, a cloak surrounding C. So, by explaining the low-level aspects of C++, the author has sped up learning the language.

I found the book compelling reading, especially as most plain C or C++ books will tell you little about the pitfalls covered in this book. There are lots of code examples throughout the book, but the main one, comprised of snippets, is a good memory-manager.

Overall, a very useful and practical book that teaches you what the other books don't.

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discount_mason

I wish I had this book two years ago. ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2015

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I wish I had this book two years ago. You will have to translate C code into C++, but if you read this book you will get a big boost in understanding pointers and dynamic allocation.

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Anna & Adam

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2015

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great book

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LoneWolf

It is an excellent book

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2020

If you have used C for years and still have problem with pointers this is the book to get. You can just read the book. You have to go through the code then try an write a program yourself. When you get stuck take a look at the books code. Yes it can be painful. But if you do this you will be very comfortable with pointers . I am about half way through the book. Some people have said they could not get past page 100 and that the book has too much code. But that is where the learning takes place. You can learn a lot from other peoples code. His code is very good. I have learned a lot from this book. I have the C version not the C++ version. Found it at my town dump : )

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Scanf

Some good stuff, but low information density

Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2017

At the time this book was written, introductory C books didn't cover pointers well, so Daconta really broke ground in providing a readable and detailed tutorial. It doesn't stand out so much now, as the more detailed C introductions now do at least as good of a job in covering pointers. Daconta maintains a light tone and here and there gives some particularly clear explanations, but later chapters move away from explanation and mostly provide code listings that are far longer than needed to illustrate a point. Much of the later book is discussion and code listings for memory management utilities.

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Rob Bovey

A critical book for your C++ library

Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2000

Hardly anyone comes out of their first, or even second, book on C++ having the firm grasp of pointers needed to be successful with the language. This book does an admirable job of filling in this gap for you. Every use of pointers in C++ is examined in-depth by Mr. Daconta. I found the chapters on pointers to pointers and function pointers particularly useful, as both of these topics are typically given short shrift in other C++ books.
I docked the book one star because the example code was obviously a very hasty translation from the original C version of the book. Many examples would not compile and run properly without some debugging. However, this should not be your first C++ book, and if you have a firm grounding in the language from one of the good beginner's books on the subject (Stephen Prata's C++ Primer Plus is my recommendation) you should be able to locate and fix these problems.

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Mr. Michael T. Knox

it is fantastic. Even after 20 years or so

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2015

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Fast forwarding to the present day 2015, i recently bought this book from Amazon because it's title alone said everything i wanted to know about pointers plus it was very cheap. I was almost on the verge of spending a ridiculous amount of money just to learn pointers and the uses of dynamic memory allocation.
I came across several books on pointers bought from amazon and elsewhere and i must say, i was more confused than when i started.
As for Mr Daconta's book, it is fantastic. Even after 20 years or so, his information is still valid and it makes perfect sense. The way he explains everything in his no nonsense approach just makes him the perfect teacher if you want to learn. Some parts of the book featuring C++ are outdated but you know exactly where he is coming from because of how he explains and unravels the complexities surrounding pointers. If you want to learn pointers fast, in clear English, then buy this book..

adilson capaia

is a Must have

Reviewed in France on February 16, 2016

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the best book i have read since a started with C, and OOP C++ programming language
this book take you from beginner to intermidiate level

lolo_static

démystification des pointeurs

Reviewed in France on April 16, 2008

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Combien de livres dédiés au C ou au C++ utilisent, expliquent les pointeurs, les références et autres petites subtilités liées à la gestion de la mémoire, sans jamais dire à quoi cela sert, quand l'utiliser. Le livre est un peu vieux (étrange de le voir venir avec une disquette 3.5, alors que je n'ai même plus de lecteur de disquette) mais le contenu est toujours actuel. Toute bibliothèque dédiée à ce langage devrait contenir ce livre. Très didactique, l'auteur maîtrise son sujet. Bien supérieur à toutes les pseudo-bibles sur le langage qu'il vaut mieux éviter.

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