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I wish someone would publish this "tasteful subset of C++," kind of like Douglas Crockford's Javascript: The Good Parts. Then I could just learn that and skip all the crazy template shit.

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Check out the Google C++ Style Guide. I'm biased (being a Googler), but I think it leads to pretty nice and readable C++:

http://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/cppguide.x...

This is fantastic. My main gripe with C++ in non-system code is that there are too many features which complicate the code base and should never be used. This seems like great guidelines and a good subset.

thxu.

Too bad it assumes knowledge of C++. I hope I can still follow it with my limited C++ knowledge.

They did, and it's called "Effective C++". Okay, it's not exactly the same thing. But they both tell you what NOT to do.

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