Imperfect C++: Practical Solutions for Real-Life Programming

Extremely practical guide reveals pitfalls inherent in C++ and gives C++ programmers a range of techniques to guard against them.

• C++ isn't perfect. This book exposes critical deficiencies in C++, as well as techniques for dealing with them.
• Equips programmers to write code that is more efficient, more robust, and more flexible.
• Teaches that C++ complexity can be tamed, and control can be wrested back to where it belongs, in the hands of the informed and experienced computing professional.

C++ is one of the most important languages today, but, as with all languages, it is not perfect. Far from it. Hence the topic (and title) of this book: practical techniques for dealing with problems that arise in C++ programming not because the programmer is inexperienced or incompetent, but because this otherwise powerful language is itself deficient in some respect. This book reduces the frustration and indecision programmers experience everyday when using C++. Far from being stymied by a lack of expressiveness in the language, it is commonly the vast array of potential paradigms and techniques supported by C++ that causes the problems. Too many choices. Too much complexity. Where to begin? Where to go? The author, having himself experienced inherent C++ deficiencies for years, presents detailed solutions for dealing with the aggravating problems they cause programmers.