> The book "The Design and Evolution of C++" helps one understand why some things are the way they are and sometimes it helps understand why some things exist i

> The book "The Design and Evolution of C++" helps one understand why some things are the way they are and sometimes it helps understand why some things exist in the language in the first place. I am not a C++ programmer, but I found that book extremely interesting and a pleasure to read. I think I have publicly said so before, but I wish there were books like this for more programming languages. There's a couple of fascinating HOPL talks on languages like Lisp and Lua, but due to brevity, they are not nearly as detailed and in-depth as this one.