The books Greg takes a look at this month are Head First Design Patterns; High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, openMosix & MPI; and Unit Test Frameworks.
In the first installment of this new column, Pete Becker examines the ISO standardization process and how it applies to the C++ Standard and TR1, as well as the templates and classes that make up TR1.
The distinction in C++ between duck typing and inheritance comes from C++'s static type system, and is part of the price we pay for having C++ programs run as quickly as they do.
Can Alphonse convince Avery that real-world development is nothing like the frantic coding they did in school? A crisis in the mess hall makes it clear... By Robert C. Martin