I'm going to need to learn C++ for a course I'm taking next year, and they aren't going to cover much of the syntax. I have a good grip on Java, so are there any decent books out there that are ...

Answer by Gayle Laakmann McDowell, Ex-Googler, Author of Cracking the Coding Interview and The Google Resume, If there are two programmers who are equally good, but one knows Java and the other knows ...