C++ question

[EEVIAC]

I'm new to programming, I've decided to start in C++. I just got a book called "C++ Primer Plus" 4th Edition.  However, the copyright date of this book is 2002.  Should I have gotten something more recent or will this suffice for my needs?

[BC_Programmer]

the BEST C book is "the C Programming language" and that dates back to the 70's

there is a C++ book by the same authors- exceptional as well- I believe it was the mid-eighties.

I wouldn't worry too much about copyrights, at least as far as programming languages go.

if it was a C# book I might say otherwise, but C++ has been pretty much unchanged for quite some time.

EDIT: oopss, by copyrights, I mean dates, heh.

[EEVIAC]

thx