Written by the creator of the C++ language, Bjarne Stroustrup, describes the design and development process of the C++ programming language.

It outlines the goals, principles and practical constraints that have shaped the structure and appearance of C++, and discusses the design recently Features added to the language: templates, exceptions, runtime type identification, and namespaces. The author analyzes decisions made while working on the language and demonstrates how to correctly use a “real object-oriented programming language.”

The book is conveniently organized, instructive, and written with humor. Describing the key ideas will give the beginning user the foundation on which he will later build his understanding of all the details of the language. The experienced programmer will find a discussion of fundamental design issues here that will allow him to better understand the language he is working with.