Advanced Metaprogramming in Classic C++

Abstract

Learning C++ is a process that never ends. As someone wrote, C++ is the only language whose features get discovered as though they were unexplored lands. While a book may be the work of a single person, discovery always comes from teamwork. The author would like to thank all the teams that made possible his journey through C++. They all had something to teach, and their contributions—direct or indirect—led to this book. His family, Carla, Alberto, Tibet and Asia, the people at Logikos, especially Max, the Natam core team, Alberto L., Alberto T., Bibo, Fabio, Graziano, Marco, Roberto, Rocco, the friends at Brainpower, in particular Alberto, Andrea, Davide, Fabio, Giacomo, Giancarlo, Luca, Marco D., Marco M., Matteo, Paolo, Pino, Vincenzo, and all the others. I would like thank the many people at Apress who worked on the book, including Steve Anglin who talked me into it, Mark Powers for managing the project, Sverrir Sigmundarson for a fine job as technical reviewer, Jeff Pepper and Kezia Endsley for clarifying the words. Many Googlers kindly reviewed the first chapters of the draft and provided suggestions, fixes, constructive criticism, exercises, or simply appreciation.A very special thank goes to Attilio Meucci, who proved that writing a book is not impossible, and it’s always worthwhile.