* Written by the inventor of the language, the book is the defining, classic text on the language that has become central to software development over the past five years. This third edition incorporates additions and changes on a major scale. In particular, the new edition is based on the ANSI/ISO C++ final draft with its many new language features - templates, exceptions, namespaces, and run-time type identification, to name a few - in addition to the C++ Standard Template Library that has revolutionized C++ development. * Throughout, the book does far more than merely describe every element of the language. The focus is on showing how the language is used as a tool for design and programming, and teaching the basic concepts programmers need to master C++. With this third edition, Stroustrup has made the book even more accessible to those new to the language while adding information and techniques that even expert C++ programmers will find invaluable.

Bjarne Stroustrup是C++的設計師和最早的實現者，也是《C++程序設計語言》、《帶標注的C++參考手冊》和《C++語言的設計與演化》的作者。他從丹麥Aarhus大學和英國牛津大學畢業，現在是AT&T大規模程序設計研究部的負責人，AT&T特彆成員，AT&T貝爾實驗室特彆成員，以及ACM特彆成員。Stroustrup的研究興趣包括分布式係統、操作係統、模擬、設計和程序設計。他也是Addison·Wesley的C++In-Depth係列書籍的編輯。