On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 10:06:40AM +1000, Roger Mc Murtrie wrote: > In this whole lengthy diatribe, nobody seems to mention the words > "good programming practice";
Nobody mentioned the word "butter" either, yet I would not think it died with C++. > perhaps it died with C++? Programing standards are not usually the > provence of "good programming practice", no more than car technical > manuals provide instruction on good driving practice. > The only attempt at "good programming practice" advice for C++ that I > have ever found is Scott Meyers excellent book, "Effective C++, > Second Edition, 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your Program And > Designs". Perhaps there are others? There are really only a few good books on C++, so one has to listen to opinions of certain peoples. But also the gurus are not infallible, as e.g. shown by std::string. Andre'