Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied

This book is a tour-de-force of hacking, the fine art of making complicated systems do things far exceeding the original goals of their design. It is a shame that all this ingenuity and creativity is wasted on improving C , which is an unpleasant language in which to write. It is a shame that the tools he implements and the techniques he makes available to C programmers are already available in much more expressive and more easily understood form in several other languages. I'm very impressed with the work. I just wish his efforts had been applied more productively than in re-inventing the wheel. ( )