Savitch (U. of California, San Diego) presents an updated textbook and reference for programming in the C++ language. The text contains 20 chapters, the beginning ones written for undergraduate students who have not had extensive programming experience with C++. The later chapters are designed for advanced students and experienced programmers, and feature extensive coverage of inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling, and the Standard Template Library, as well as basic coverage of patterns and the unified modeling language. The fourth edition presents the same programming philosophy as the third edition, and features supplementary material added throughout; 32 new programming projects, the majority added to the earlier chapters; material on specifying command-line arguments added to the chapter on strings; and the addition of 31 videos to the book's companion website, covering specific topics and solutions. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)