本书由著名作者Walter Savitch编写，美国很多大学采用它为“面向对象程序设计(OOP)”的教材，是一本非常畅销的教材，其前5版在全球已经拥有数十万读者。作者结合自己多年的教学经验，根据教学大纲精心设计并编写了书中内容。

根据国内“C++面向对象程序设计”双语教学的需要，对原书进行了一定的改编，删去了C语言的内容，使之更适合国内OOP的教学大纲。

Chapter 1 Introduction to C++

 1.1　INTRODUCTION TO C++

Origins of the C++ Language

C++ and Object-Oriented Programming

A Sample C++ Program 

PROGRAMMING TIP: Input and Output Syntax

Layout of a Simple C++ Program

PITFALL: Putting a Space before the include File Name

Compiling and Running a C++ Program

PROGRAMMING TIP: Getting Your Program to Run 

 1.2 PROGRAM STYLE

Comments

Naming Constants 

Chapter Summary

Programming Projects 

chapter 2 C++ Basics

chapter 3 Functions

chapter 4 Arrays and Pointers

chapter 5 I/O Streams as an Introduction to Objects and Classes

chapter 6 Strings and Vectors

chapter 7 Defining Classes

chapter 8 Friends, Overloaded Operators, and Arrays in Classes 

chapter 9 Separate Compilation and Namespaces

chapter 10 Inheritance

chapter 11 Exception Handling

chapter 12 Templates

chapter 13 Standard Template Library

APPENDIX 1 C++ Keywords

APPENDIX 2 Precedence of Operators

APPENDIX 3 Some Library Functions

APPENDIX 4 Inline Functions

APPENDIX 5 Overloading the Array Index Square Brackets

APPENDIX 6 The this Pointer 

APPENDIX 7 Overloading Operators as Member Operators