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Miscellany

Some guidelines for effective C++ programming defy convenient categorization. This section is where such guidelines come to roost. Not that that diminishes their importance. If you are to write effective software, you must understand what compilers are doing for you (to you?) behind your back, how to ensure that non-local static objects are initialized before they are used, what you can expect from the standard library, and where to go for insights into the language's underlying design philosophy. In this final section of the book, I expound on these issues, and more.

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