From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13870 invoked by alias); 14 Sep 2003 14:58:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 13863 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2003 14:58:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp-relay-8.adobe.com) (192.150.22.8) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 14 Sep 2003 14:58:49 -0000 Received: from inner-relay-3.corp.adobe.com (inner-relay-3 [153.32.251.51]) by smtp-relay-8.adobe.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8EEwEhA015053; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iplan-mn (iplan-mn.corp.adobe.com [130.248.25.5]) by inner-relay-3.corp.adobe.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8EEwAps014247; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:58:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mn-eljaypc.adobe.com ([130.248.182.60]) by iplan-mn.corp.adobe.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 1 (built Aug 19 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HL700BK1LKV5N@iplan-mn.corp.adobe.com>; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 09:58:09 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:58:00 -0000 From: Eljay Love-Jensen Subject: Re: static_cast, dynamic_cast, etc. In-reply-to: X-Sender: eljay@iplan-mn.corp.adobe.com To: Allen Williams , gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Message-id: <5.2.1.1.0.20030914095500.01960e90@iplan-mn.corp.adobe.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: X-SW-Source: 2003-09/txt/msg00164.txt.bz2 Hi Allen, Although not quite as "sacred" as the ISO 14882 standard itself, Stroustrup's "C++ Programming Language" (3rd edition or special edition) is an excellent resource that explains the how's and what's of C++. A book of knowledge. And Cline, Lomow, Girou's "C++ FAQs" (2nd edition) is an excellent resource that explains the when's and the why's. A book of wisdom. HTH, --Eljay