>>54929135
My intuition tells me something with that many editions is to be avoided. Granted, that's just my uninformed opinion, but I can't recall any Nth-edition books I've read being nothing but garbage meant to be make a killing on schools and students. I also don't like how specific it is about OOP, because a lot of books waste your time with shitty and non-real-world OOP practices on you.

Honestly anon, the book you use isn't really that important. Just dive in, use the internet, and try out any books you can. Get into a cycle of learning, applying what you learn (say, working on projects), and repeating until you get your shit down.

Also expect to be confused as hell to read and reread the same thing over and over again, and not understand. That is normal, and one day it'll click. And once you're over your first programming language, any other language is clear sailing.

>>54929532
cheers mate, that is actually a very helpful post!

>>54929135
I find the cover of this book disturbing.
It's like they copy O'reily but can't take animals again so they decide to go with fruits.

>>54930660
Or maybe it's because oranges are high in a certain type of vitamin.

>>54930737
then why it's not a damn lemon? Or paprika (which has a couple times more said vitamin than fruits)

>>54930805
You are right, anon. C++ is a lemon.

>>54929135
http://docdro.id/VHqjh7C

here's the book I use. Accelerated C++. Good if you're slightly familiar with coding, This was my first real dive into any language