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'

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