I recently saw in some C++ books these operators :
dynamic_cast
static_cast
reinterpret_cast
const_cast
typeid

I so these same operators in about 2 - 4 books (Beginers ).
But they are seen ony in the appendices and no actual instances of their use are given or explained.
If they are type casting/ type conversion operators, how come they are not seen in any books for beginers?
Please forgive me, but is there any difference b/w type casting/ type conversion? (^_^)!
P.S. I fact I have never seen any of these operators in use in my really short life as a 'programmer'.