Generic

i am new to the C++ STL. i try to understand how string, vector works by reading into this book. however, the book may be good for a STL designer, but definitely not for a beginner like me. the whole book lacks some practical examples to illustrate the concept.

Rightaway, I should say I don't discuss the quality of the book. It
has everything I would like to have when I am programming and need to
look up a function of the STL. This is why I give it three stars. But
nowhere did I see the following criticism, so I have to voice it
out.

This book consists of two parts, part I, and part II and III
(which I count as the second part, see below). Part I is an
introduction to generic programming as used in the framework of the
STL (79 pages). All that stuff, you're supposed to know if you use the
STL. It's all about using the STL, the design, and extending it. Using
the STL is described in lots of web pages, so the book does not
provide much added value to this. Extending the STL is discussed all
in all in about three pages. That was the part I was most interested
it (I am developing a new course about generic programming).

The
second part, making up the remaining 430 or so of the book, are Part
II (Ref Manual: Concepts) and Part III (Ref Manual: Algos and
Classes). They have long been available straight from the SGI STL web
pages, ...
and you can also download them for browsing locally. This is a much
more convenient (at least for me) way to look up the documentation. I
didn't see that the book provided better examples, or different
content than, the SGI's STL pages.

This book will be useful if you
are aware of all the things I said, but still would prefer to browse a
book, or for off-line study. My goal was to see a discussion of how to
use and extend the STL (as advertised in the title). I did not expect
the Reference Manual (which I had already). I am most disappointed in
this.

The difference between User Manual and Reference Manual is
best illustrated by the Stroustrup or Lippman-Lajoie (user manuals)
and the C++ ISO Standard (reference manual). You should be aware of
this difference before you buy this book, and decide if you want it
print in 430 pages or in a web site.

This book provides a nice introduction so generic programming with STL. I learned a lot about _why_ things were done the way they were in STL.

Most STL libraries that I've seen have little, if any, documentation, so it's difficult to see the reasoning behind the madness of the details of most STL implementations. It's unfortunate that while STL libraries may be good examples of generic programming (or at least maybe as generic as you can get before being constrained by C++ itself), they appear as a whole to be poor examples of self-documenting source code. That's where this book comes along.

Even after gleaming knowledge of the reasoning behind STL creation, the book has become my regular desk-side reference to not only STL containers and iterators, but also a guide to the requirements necessary to implement your own models.

One area that this book does not cover well is how to choose design criteria when creating your own containers and iterators. However, that does not diminish the usefulness of this book, although it does seem to me that the title may be a little misleading - as STL is covered in more depth then Generic Programming in general, and the emphasis is more heavily on _Using_ rather then _Extending_...

"2000 Mosby's GenRx: The Complete Reference for Generic and Brand Drugs" may not be 'complete' in the strict sense of the word, but it presents comprehensive information on a variety of drugs and related pharmaceuticals.
This CD-ROM is compatible with any Windows Operating System that is not older than '95. The same story goes for Macintosh 7.6.1 and later models. Although that the software does not need Internet connection in order to function, it comes with a Netscape Navigator 4.05, which enhances its search systems. It is easy to install and configure; and runs smoothly. However, the dependance of its (database) search mechanism on Internet browsers could generate some irritative incompatibilities.
It is a valuable infobase to use, if no compatibility problems arise.

I would like to ask you help me to have the book

I did order the book for preparation in taking the Praxis Mathematic Content Knowledge Exam (0061). The book is all math problems and the answers were well understood. My main concern was that it is a good book to review Math problems, but not math concepts. The Praxis exam is very focus on understanding math concepts. The book does not do well in that category. It is a good foundation, but not the Rosetta Stone I was looking for.

The high school MTEL prep is better than the middle school math prep book. But in both the preparation of topics and the explaination of why certain answers are correct and others are incorrect is uneven. Sometimes the explaination is good and other times it is a one sentence general statement with no details explaining why it applies.

This is the worst book I have ever read - what a waste of 35 quid.

I got the feeling they had something interesting to say but by the time I reached the bottom of the page, I lost all interest in what it was. The repetitive nature used by the writers shows them up for what they really are.

Don't bother.

This profusely-illustrated book consists of approximately 120 mini-essays on a slew of topics that relate in some way to urban planning and urban geography, although there's quite a bit on rural geography as well. For some idea of the content, here are the first five of his essay headings, if they had been in alphabetical order: Abandoned farm/town, active zone (i.e., crime zone), air rights zone, airspace, annexation area, all the way to 'wreck site' at the end of the alphabet.

The essays are of uneven quality, and often seem a bit shallow. It's not entertaining enough to succeed as a popular book, and not analytical enough to succeed as a serious treatise. There's a niche for a book that would address topics of small-scale geography in the not-quite-rural but not-city-center places in which most of us spend our lives. Such a book might explain the different ingredients of suburban sprawl -- types of shopping centers, commercial strips, and housing developments, how they develop, how they affect the surrounding area, and how they age. Sadly, this book seemed pointed in that direction but fell short.