This book is for you if You re no "dummy," and you need to get quickly up to speed in intermediate to advanced C++ You ve had some experience in C++ programming, but reading intermediate and advanced C++ books is slow-going You ve had an introductory C++ course, but you ve found that you still can t follow your colleagues when they re describing their C++ designs and code You re an experienced C or Java programmer, but you don t yet have the experience to develop nuanced C++ code and designs You re a C++ expert, and you re looking for an alternative to answering the same questions from your less-experienced colleagues over and over again C++ Common Knowledge covers essential but commonly misunderstood topics in C++ programming and design while filtering out needless complexity in the discussion of each topic. What remains is a clear distillation of the essentials required for production C++ programming, presented in the author s trademark incisive, engaging style.