A Tour of C++
A Tour of C++ by Bjarne Stroustrupby Bjarne Stroustrup
Shares rank 59 of 115 programming books by recommenders
People recommend it as a compact, up-to-date overview of C++ concepts and features, written by the language's creator, for learning the language quickly.
People recommend it as a compact, up-to-date overview of C++ concepts and features, written by the language's creator, for learning the language quickly.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Covers concepts and features thoroughly
“That will get you most of the concepts and features, and why the concepts are the way they are.”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: How to Learn C++ in 2026?” Official resource for experienced programmers
“tailor-made to be the official resource for an experienced programmer”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: How to Learn C++ in 2026?” Includes recent C++20 and C++23 material
“now that I read the synopsis I'm thinking that the C++20/23 material makes sense in this "tour" book”
Comment from 28 May 2026 in “Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore”
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| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Matthias Felleisen and Robert Bruce Findler and Matthew Flatt and Shriram Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| A Tour of C++by Bjarne StroustrupThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“now that I read the synopsis I'm thinking that the C++20/23 material makes sense in this "tour" book”
“tailor-made to be the official resource for an experienced programmer”
“That will get you most of the concepts and features, and why the concepts are the way they are.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.