Ruminations on C++: A Decade of Programming Insight and Experience

by Andrew Koenig, Barbara E. Moo

Ruminations on C++ concentrates on the key C++ ideas and programming techniques - skimming the cream - to let you understand the "why" and not just the "how" of C++ programming. You need not be an expert C++ programmer to find solid fodder here, yet even experts need not fear You will find something worth chewing on in every chapter.
This should be your next C++ book, because it covers a broad range of C++ ideas and techniques, from detailed code examples to design principles and philosophy; shows how to think about programming in C++, not just how to follow rules; explains the motivation behind its examples, sometimes even solving the same problem in two different ways; covers both object-oriented programming and generic programming; and explains the ideas behind the Standard Template Library, which is the most important recent innovation in C++.
This book comes to you from two people who started using C++ when its entire user community could still fit in one room. Both of them have contributed significantly to the evolution of C++.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Technical, Computers

380 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

Reviews

[Chris]

Unlike most software engineering books, this one is thoughtful and will make you think. Not just about choices in software architecture, but about the dynamics of the human organizations that commission programmers.

[Jose Sanz]

Amazing book. Covers a lot of topics, gets to a great depth.

[Christophe Addinquy]

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