Preface
I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down–but with a shudder even more thrilling than before…
—Edgar Allen Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Why C++?
Shall I begin this book by confessing that many a harried day and restless night have I pondered this exact question? Though that might be a bit melodramatic, stating the exact opposite (that I’ve never even considered it) would be an outright lie. Luckily, the answer is clear. No other high-level language offers you the same degree of control over the system. In C++, you can specify exactly what you want to occur, make the difficult design choices along the way, and customize general-purpose algorithms ...
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