One of the attractive aspects of C++ is that it offers goodfacilities for object-oriented programming (OOP), but, as a hybridlanguage, it also supports procedural programming. The significance of this for programmers is that it offers moreflexibility allowing them to shift to object-oriented programmingif and when they feel the need to do so. In this regard, C++differs from some purely object-oriented languages, such asSmalltalk, Eiffel and Java. This book offers practical guidance onhow to programme in both styles. The C++ language and its standard library have gone through a goodmany improvements and extensions during their evolution. This thirdedition has therefore been completely revised in accordance withthe C++ language revision, which is embodied in the ANSI/ISO C++Standard. For example, the new, important type string is used throughout thebook and the Standard Template Library (STL) is introduced toreaders at an early stage and discussed in more detail later on.All example programs and the solutions to the exercises can bedownloaded from the website. http://home.wxs.nl/ ~ammeraal/Solutions for some of these exercises can be found in the appendix.