The files in this directory and its associated subdirectories contain the source code from the book Accelerated C++: Practical Programming by Example by Andrew Koenig and Barbara E. Moo (Addison-Wesley 2000, ISBN 0-201-70353-X). They are mechanically extracted from the files that are used to produce the book. Accordingly, they should match the book exactly--specifically, the fifth printing, which isn't out yet--except for some deliberate changes that are needed to deal with the realities of running C++ programs.
We have compiled and run these files on two different compilers:
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The GNU g++ compiler, version 2.95.2, under both the Solaris operating system and Microsoft Windows, the latter under the Cygwin programming environment available from http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin
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The Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, version 6.0, with Service Pack 4 installed.
In order to run these files under these compilers, we have had to change them slightly from what appears in the book. In all cases, we have identified these changes with #ifdef directives of the form
#ifdef __GNUC__
code that will work under the g++ compiler
#else
code as it appears in the book
#endif
or #ifdef _MSC_VER code that will work under the Microsoft compiler #else code as it appears in the book #endif
or variations on this theme.
In addition, we have added main programs, test data, and makefiles to enable you to compile and run the code.
For each chapter in the book, there is a corresponding directory that contains the source code from that chapter. Assuming that your system is configured correctly, you should be able to go into any of these directories and say
make
to compile the programs,
make test
to execute them, and
make clobber
to remove all the files that were generated during compilation.
All of the files in these directories are copyrighted by AT&T and Barbara E. Moo, and they come with absolutely no warranty whatsoever. Permission is hereby granted to use these programs for educational purposes.
We would like to know about errors in these files and suggestions for making them easier to use with other compilers.