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Alexandrescu, Andrei.

Modern C++ design : generic programming and design patterns applied / Andrei Alexandrescu.

p. cm. — (C++ in depth series)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-201-70431-5

1. C++ (Computer program language) 2. Generic programming (Computer science) I. Title. II. Series.

QA76.73.C153 A42 2001

005.13'3—dc21 00-049596

Copyright © 2001 by Addison-Wesley

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Second printing, June 2001