A Brief Introduction to C++

This chapter will introduce some of the features of C++ that we think are important for writing robust and high performance applications. We will also discuss advantages and disadvantages of C++ over languages based upon a garbage collector. Last, we will look at some examples of how to handle exceptions and resources.

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