Unless you have the IQ of a chimp this book just won't move quickly enough. I honestly can't figure out who this book is for, if you are just learning programming/C++ the book assumes too much knowledge but if you are moving on from another language or sharpening your skills the book takes soooo long to teach a point that you'll end up wanting to shoot yourself. Don't know how these 4 and 5 star ratings happened *shrug*, for me it got to the point where I just had to pitch it.