Hello!

I'd like to know, whether there is book (or some other writing)
available, which would comment C++ standard and provide rationale behind
the decisions? I have read standard (well, not read, but browsed), but
it's quite hard to understand it, commented version (similar to C
standard's comments or ARM) would help a lot.(I'm interested in language
comments, not on explanations of standard library  classes/functions).

I've looked FAQ and there were recommended ARM (which I have, but it is
outdated) and "Evolution of C++" (Stroustrup's book, don't remember
exact title), which is more historical than technical writing (thought I
haven't read it). Is there any other publications available or coming
out?

Thanks.


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In article <3694C62E.2FB2A3EC@fv.aetec.ee>, Vahur Krouverk
<vahur@fv.aetec.ee> writes
>
>Hello!
>
>I'd like to know, whether there is book (or some other writing)
>available, which would comment C++ standard and provide rationale behind
>the decisions? I have read standard (well, not read, but browsed), but
>it's quite hard to understand it, commented version (similar to C
>standard's comments or ARM) would help a lot.(I'm interested in language
>comments, not on explanations of standard library  classes/functions).
>
Not yet, but I think one will be out some time later this year.  Writing
good books takes time, particularly when the authors have other jobs to
do as well.


Francis Glassborow      Chair of Association of C & C++ Users
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In newsgroup comp.std.c++, article <F57qAy.FGs@research.att.com>, more
than 23 months before the end of the millennium Bjarne Stroustrup
(bs@research.att.com) wrote:
>There is no such book, but Andy Koenig and I are working on an annotated
>langauge standard.

Any idea when it will be available for purchase?

And do you think yours will be out before Schildt's? :-)

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