Useful links to free programming books (inc Thinking in C++ by Bruce Eckel)

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Just a quick post to mention a few useful links I came across today. Ever heard of [Bruce Eckel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Eckel)? A legend, really...anyway, I found an interesting post on [StackOverflow](http:...

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Just a quick post to mention a few useful links I came across today. Ever heard of Bruce Eckel? A legend, really...anyway, I found an interesting post on StackOverflow today. Its a list of freely available programming/computer books, and while going through the list I found really good books on C++ (I've been trying to learn it). One of those books happened to be Bruce Eckel's, Thinking in C++, 2nd edition.

I just downloaded and about to start reading, but I've heard good things about him and his books/work so I'm hoping it will be a good read. So I thought I'd share.

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