''The C++ Programming Language'' is a

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first published in October 1985. It was the first book to describe the

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programming language, written by the language's creator,

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. In the absence of an official standard, the book served for several years as the ''de facto'' documentation for the evolving C++ language, until the release of the ''ISO/IEC 14882:1998: Programming Language C++'' standard on 1 September 1998. As the standard further evolved with the standardization of language and library extensions and with the publication of technical

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, later editions of the book were updated to incorporate the new changes.

History

The first edition of ''The C++ Programming Language'' was published in 1985. As C++ evolved, a second edition was published in July 1991, reflecting the changes made. The third edition of the book was first published on 30 June 1997; a hardcover version of the third edition, with two new appendices, was later published as ''The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition'' on 11 February 2000. Both the softcover third edition and the hardcover “special edition” have since undergone several reprintings, with corrections. ''C++ Solutions'' () is a companion book to the third edition of ''The C++ Programming Language''. It contains solutions to selected exercises of ''The C++ Programming Language''. The fourth edition of the book, which incorporates

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, was released on May 19, 2013.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:C++ Programming Language 1986 non-fiction books Addison-Wesley books Books about C++

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