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

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Summary: For the Thinker
Review: Working with programming languages as large and as complete as C++ is not just about how, but is, at a higher level, about why.  If you want rules about what is correct and what is illegal, this is not the place you should be looking for such rules.  If you want a look into the methods and the mind of the serious software engineer, however, this book is a treasure chest of ten years of experience of one of the key players.  Were I to pick one gem that exemplifies this work from among the many it contains, it would be the penultimate sentence of chapter four: "In other words, C++ is biased toward programmers who think for themselves." A careful read, some meditation, and some thinking for yourself are required to get full use from this wonderful book. Thinking for oneself progresses from autodydactism to art as one sees how others do it.