Think C++

by Allen B. Downey.

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Supporting code is in this GitHub repository.

Think C++ is a free textbook available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Readers are free to copy and distribute the text; they are also free to modify it, which allows them to adapt the book to different needs, and to help develop new material.

  • Prof. Thomas Scheffler has translated the book for use with C (rather than C++). His version, with exercises in German, is available here.

    This book has also been translated into Chinese.

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