Introduction

Hi, there. Thank you for reading my book Exploring C++ 11. My name is Ray, and I’ll be your author today. And tomorrow. And the day after that. We’ll be together for quite a while, so why don’t you pull up a chair and get comfortable. My job is to help you learn C++. To do that, I have written a series of lessons called Explorations. Each Exploration is an interactive exercise that helps you learn C++ one step at a time. Your job is to complete the Explorations and, in so doing, learn C++.

No doubt you have already leafed through the book a little bit. If not, do so now. Notice that this book is different from most books. Most programming books are little more than written lectures. The author tells you stuff and expects you to ...

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