Interesting approach, not so good C++ code

The book lays out debugging strategies, heuristics, tactics, and approaches from the perspectives of detective, safety expert, psychologist, engineer, and computer scientist respectively. This is new! first! The text is an interesting read, and it helps the reader in his practice.

However, the case studies are a weak spot. The C++ code is not top notch, if pitted against the real, modern C++ according to Andrew Koenig ("Accelerated C++,") Scott Meyer ("Effective C++," "More Effective C++," "Effective STL,") Herb Sutter ("Exceptional C++," "More Exceptional C++," "C++ Coding Standards,") and Martin Fowler ("Refactoring.") In other words, the presented C++ code is rather like code written in 1993 than in 2003, when the book was published.

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