Preface
“The world is built on C++ (and its C subset).”
—Herb Sutter
The infrastructures at Google, Amazon, and Facebook are built using components and services designed and implemented in the C++ programming language. A considerable portion of the technology stack of operating systems, networking equipment, and storage systems is implemented in C++. In telecommunication systems, almost all landline and cellular phone connections are orchestrated by C++ software. And key components in industrial and transportation systems, including automated toll collection systems, and autonomous cars, trucks, and autobuses depend on C++.
In science and engineering, most high-quality software packages today are implemented in C++. The strength of the language ...
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