For many C++ programming students, the concept and usage of pointers (and references) is often perplexing. Enter Traister, one of the few to write a book solely on this subject. This book focuses on explaining pointers in a way to enlighten new C++ programmers.
This book is basically a rehash of C pointers, substituting cout for printf statements. It is a C-centric book rewritten to take up C++, which mirrors Traister's other works, "Going from C to C++" and "C Pointers".
You won't find anything advanced, like abstract virtual classes, how the virtual tables are composed, or other interesting topics. In fact, when discussing how virtual members suddenly change the pointer offsets, he states "[t]his is a bit of mystery... The answer to these questions must somehow be linked to the use of the virtual methods in the class." Obviously, he doesn't understand how virtual tables are constructed.
Traister sticks to the basics, and covers them reasonably well.
ISBN-13: 978-0126974201
ISBN-10: 0126974209
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