Agreed.
I had commented on the book on HN about a month ago:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16275341
Excerpt from it:
"I found that book very interesting in many regards. I had bought and read it several years ago (out of interest, though I have not worked on C++ professionally).
Stroustrup goes into a lot of details about the reasons for many design decisions in the language."
That's one of the reasons that make the book interesting. He even goes into human and cultural aspects of programming.
Re:Ask HN: Best way to learn modern C++?
by scott_s on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @01:58PM
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Agreed on D&E, but I think it really does need an update now.
Re:Ask HN: Best way to learn modern C++?
by cbHXBY1D on Thursday March 08, 2018 @12:29PM
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I would love a book similar to C# In Depth but for C++. The book takes you on an evolutionary tour of C#s features, version-by-version. One of my favorite programming books of all time and a good read even for someone who doesn't program in C#.
I have been using C# at work for a little while now, and I am starting to like it. Thanks for the suggestion!
I think that book is worth reading even to people who have no intention of going anywhere near C++, as long as they are interested in programming language design and evolution. I wish there were more books like this one to explain the kind of thinking that went into the design of a language and to tell its history.