Reviews for Windows via C/C++ 5th Edition (PRO-Developer)

1. (C)ing through (WINDOWS) is believing (++)

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2009

   I've always liked writing in machine code (PDP12 in 1971), so for a language to be able to do what I wanted, it had to able to get down and dirty with bits and masks.
   
   I have used higher level language (ALGOL60, BCPL, B and C) to efficiently develop vast suites of software for a wide variety of hardware platforms, and now (C++, C#, Python and of course Powershell) are my recent play things.
   
   If Windows is your operating system of choice or necessity (XP, VISTA and soon 7), this book has the newer nuances of Windows well covered. It assumes your knowledge of the C/C++ language and then extends it as a way of describing Windows, its interfaces and data structures.
   
   Well presented with plenty of solid examples it is an excellent complement to Windows Internals 4th(XP) and 5th(Vista) editions for someone wanting to get to the bits that make Windows work.
   
   Well done Jeff and Chris.