Beautiful C++
by John Davidson, Kate Gregory · first published 2021
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Yes, although Scott Meyer's is now retired and his book series have stopped in C++14. Some other books on this front, "Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code" https://www.amazon.com/-/en/dp/0137647840 "Embracing Modern C++ Safely" https://www.amazon.com/dp/0137380356 Also with clion and Visual…
on “A Tour of C++ (Third edition)” ↗…errors: “A tour of C++” for experienced programmers and “Programming: Principles and Practice using C++” for novices. Two more books explore aspects of the C++ Core Guidelines J. Davidson and K. Gregory Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code. 2021. ISBN 978-0137647842 R. Grimm: C++ Core Guidelines Explained. Addison-Wesley. 2022. ISBN 978-0136875673.
on “21st Century C++” ↗…law, but never protected at all since it had no creative element. And yes, in practice we see that there is much more demand for relatively compact, opinionated books about something standard (e.g. "Beautiful C++" the most recent book from Kate Gregory) than there is for the large volumes of tremendously dry technical documentation which makes up the standard itself, a draft of which (nobody who matters cares…
on “Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws Online” ↗