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Author’s Acknowledgments

I find it very strange that only a single name appears on the cover of any

book, but especially a book like this. In reality, many people contribute to

the creation of a For Dummies book. From the beginning, editorial director

Mary Corder and my agent, Claudette Moore, were involved in guiding and

molding the book’s content. During the development of the five editions of

this book, I found myself hip-deep in edits, corrections, and suggestions from

a group of project editors, copyeditors, and technical reviewers — this book

would have been a poorer work but for their involvement. And nothing would

have made it into print without the aid of the person who coordinated the

first and second editions of the project, Suzanne Thomas. Nevertheless, one

name does appear on the cover and that name must take responsibility for

any inaccuracies in the text.

I also have to thank my wife, Jenny, and son, Kinsey, for their patience and

devotion. I hope we manage to strike a reasonable balance.

Finally, a summary of the animal activity around my house. For those of you

who have not read any of my other books, I should warn you that this has

become a regular feature of my For Dummies books.

My two dogs, Scooter and Trude, continue to do well, although Trude is all

but blind now. Our two mini-Rex rabbits, Beavis and Butt-head, passed on to

the big meadow in the sky after living in our front yard for almost a year and

a half.

If you would like to contact me concerning C++ programming, semi-blind dogs,

or free-roaming rabbits, feel free to drop me a line at srdavis@acm.org.

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

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Production

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Services

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Special Help:

Barry Childs-Helton

Publishing and Editorial for Technology Dummies

Richard Swadley, Vice President and Executive Group Publisher

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Mary C. Corder, Editorial Director

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Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher

Joyce Pepple, Acquisitions Director

Composition Services

Gerry Fahey, Vice President of Production Services

Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services

Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................1

What’s in This Book .........................................................................................1

What’s on the CD..............................................................................................2

What Is C++?......................................................................................................2

Conventions Used in This Book .....................................................................2

How This Book Is Organized...........................................................................3

And There’s More.............................................................................................4

Part I: Introduction to C++ Programming ......................................................4

Part II: Becoming a Functional C++ Programmer .........................................4

Part III: Introduction to Classes......................................................................5

Part IV: Inheritance ..........................................................................................5

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