A book that stands out from the herd. 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 overgrazing: 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 *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++. 0201423391B04062001

Andrew Koenig 和 Barbara E．Moo 是夫妻.

Andrew Koenig 是AT&T公司Shannon實驗室大規模編程研究部門中的成員，同時也是C++標準委員會的項目編輯。他的編程經驗超過30年，其中有15年在使用C++，他已經齣版瞭超過150篇和C++有關的論文，並且在世界範圍內就這個主題進行過多次演講。

Barbara E．Moo 是獨立谘詢顧問，在軟件領域中擁有超過20年的工作經驗的獨立谘詢顧問。在AT&Tm作的近15年中，她參與瞭第一個使用C++編寫的商業産品的開發，領導瞭公司中第一個C++編譯器項目，管理瞭AT&T中廣受贊譽的World Net Internet Service Business的開發。