QuoteA good data hierarchy and non-trivial algos (so, no cats and dogs classes with woof_woof() and mieuw() methods )How about foo classes with bar methods QuoteIt seems some folk have had bad experiences. That's a shame.Lets be a bit more neutral and call it mixed experience. My advice (I know it is worth 0.02$ only) to OP (or any C++ newbie): learn how walk very well first before trying to run. QuoteLippman (Primer) --> Josuttis (STL) --> Stroustup (TCPL) --> Meyers (Effective C++ & STL) --> Sutter (4 books).These are all about walking without falling and getting a bloody nose too often. These books are written by well know and respected experts in the field. Meyers and Sutter discuss some important aspects of class mechanics in their books, but I wouldn't call it OOP. It is still all about walking.

I would go for mark joshi's book - it explains why C++ techniques are useful for math finance. Once you understand that it will be easier to get into the "how".mark joshi design patterns

i started to learn by myself and for fun with months ago.in this context, if i can give advises i would suggest you to :couple Introduction to C++ for Financial Engineers: An Object-Oriented Approach (D.Duffy) and one of the Ivon Horton's handbooks.recall it's crucial to master the basics before turning to advanced topics in C++ . what's a class ? a pointer ? function declaration/def ?don't read your hanbooks passively. do the examples described along the pages. learning by doing.aim at writing simple but working examples at the beginning. C++ can overwhelm. avoid frustration !

QuoteOriginally posted by: spv205I would go for mark joshi's book - it explains why C++ techniques are useful for math finance. Once you understand that it will be easier to get into the "how".mark joshi design patternsThis is not a book for someone to learn C++ from. With due respect to Mark Joshi, I don't think the target audience of this book are new comers to C++. They'll be much better served with references already given so far. Sure enough, this book will be in your reading list as you go to the next step.

Three people that are often very helpful to others have mentioned probably what a starter may all need:1) Hansi: Absolute C++ (highly recommended for a newbie)2) Kimosabe: Accelerated C++ (another amazing book)3) Cuchulainn: Thinking in C++ (it means 'Thinking in C++', and that's it!)

Indeed my book is intended to be a second book on C++ not a first one. I agree that it's better to do a generalist C++ book first. My opinions are at http://www.markjoshi.com/RecommendedBooks.html#C

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