This Book and C++ Standards

Contemporary compilers provide good support for C++98. Some compilers at the time of this writing also support some C++11 features, and we can expect the level of support to increase quickly now that the new standard is adopted. This book reflects the current situation, covering C++98 pretty thoroughly and introducing several C++11 features. Some of these features are integrated with the coverage of related C++98 topics. Chapter 18, , “Visiting with the New C++ Standard,” concentrates on the new features, summarizing the ones mentioned earlier in the book and presenting additional features.

With the incomplete support available at the time of this writing, it would be very difficult to cover adequately all the new ...

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