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C++ Without Fear
Second Edition

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C++ Without Fear
Second Edition
A Beginner’s Guide That
Makes You Feel Smart
Brian Overland
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Overland, Brian R.
C++ without fear : a beginner's guide that makes you feel smart /
Brian Overland.—2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-13-267326-6 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. C++ (Computer program language) I. Title.
QA76.73.C153O838 2011
005.13'3—dc22
2011004218
Copyright © 2011