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Is there a good book "modern C++", kinda like "modern perl" I guess?


I've been recommended Scott Meyers' "Effective Modern C++". Haven't gotten to it yet though.


No, this book is far too advanced if you're just learning C++. The C++ Programming Language, 4th Edition by Bjarne Stroustrup is the way to go for modern C++ (it covers everything and uses C++11 examples as much as possible). The beginning of "Effective Modern C++" starts off with the subtle distinction between template specialization and auto specialization and arcana for rvalue references vs lvalue references. If you're looking for a light read on C++11 plus, maybe some of the later chapters, but it's a rough start.


"A Tour of C++" by Bjarne is also a nice introduction to modern C++. It's essentially a select few chapters from TCPPPL4 that covers the fundamental bits of the language.




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