C++ for Pascal Programmers

Ira Pohl is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. His research interests include artificial intelligence, the C and C++ programming languages, practical complexity problems, heuristic search methods, deductive algorithms, and educational and social issues. He originated error analysis in heuristic search methods and deductive algorithms.

Professor Pohl was formerly a Mackay professor at University of California- Berkeley and a ZWO fellow in the Netherlands. He is the author or co-author of Object-Oriented Programming Using C++, C++ Distilled: A Concise Ansi/Iso Reference and Style Guide, C by Dissection: The Essentials of C Programming, A Book on C: Programming in C, C++ for C Programmers, C++ for Fortran Programmers, C++ for Pascal Programmers, and Turbo C: The Essentials of C Programming, all published by Addison-Wesley.

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This unique book is designed to train Pascal programmers to think and develop programs in C++. The first three chapters lay a foundation for C++ by demonstrating basic C concepts and showing how elements of Pascal are translated to C. Each succeeding chapter offers new C++ concepts which are amply illustrated with examples of working code. This edition adheres to the ANSI C++ standard and includes two chapters on its new features, templates, and exception handling. Object-oriented programming methodologies, which are integrated throughout, demonstrate the power and elegance of C++ as a programming paradigm.