Correct me if i'm wrong here, i think learning only one language with dedication (that too any one of your choice) and then moving onto second language on your own without using these books gives much sane feeling to mind. Web tutorials and stackoverflow keeps you in much comfortable position for second language than these books.-mahesh2k
I understand where you're coming from, but... If one hasn't at least been dunked in one of these babble-text books, they're not going to be able to understand what they're reading at places like StackOverflow.
char szOne[] = "1"; // is a string. and that string is 1. But you can't add anything to it because it's not the right
type of data to do math stuff with.
Bloody obvious and idiot simple? ...Yes. To us perhaps. But to some poor bastard that doesn't know a char, from an int, from an array ... Well... They need time to soak in the (babble-text) shallow end before they can properly form a question for the purpose of getting an applicable answer.
I've got a copy of Sam's Teach Yourself C++ in 24 hours, it came with the copy of Borland's C++ v4.52 that I got from the Staples discount bin for $10. Now while Sam - for the most part - was completely full of shit (on the 24 hour part). The book has come in handy from time to time when I was having a thick moment and needed a really (really...) simple explanation using (very) short words...
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Absolutely BRILLIANT! 
