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How long does it take to read C++?

How to Program

P. J. Deitel, H. M. Deitel

C++ by P. J. Deitel, H. M. Deitel takes about 20 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 20 hours 6 minutes

A long haul

First published 1996. 1,096 pages, about 301,400 words.

41 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 33 hours 29 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 20 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 12 hours 34 minutes

The page count is the median across 30 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Publisher's description: For Introduction to Programming (CS1) and other more intermediate courses covering programming in C++. Also appropriate as a supplement for upper-level courses where the instructor uses a book as a reference for the C++ language. This best-selling comprehensive text is aimed at readers with little or no programming experience. It teaches programming by presenting the concepts in the context of full working programs and takes and early objects approach. The text has an emphasis on achieving program clarity through structured and object-oriented programming, software reuse and component-oriented software construction. The Sixth Edition reflects the suggested improvements of a distinguished team of industry professionals and academics.

Subjects: C++, C (Langage de programmation), C++ (Langage de programmation), computers, computing, programming

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