I loved that book! But it is unfortunately not a book for everyone, since it has ~1000 pages. It contains both one of the best architecture discussions (IMHO) a

I loved that book! But it is unfortunately not a book for everyone, since it has ~1000 pages. It contains both one of the best architecture discussions (IMHO) and a ton of C++ specific advice/rules. So for someone that doesn't have a large C++ code bad, Ousterhouts book is the better suggestion.