Not quite. I mean, it is an interesting book - functional programming idioms applied to C++ templates which gives you an interesting [generative] techniques app

Not quite. I mean, it is an interesting book - functional programming idioms applied to C++ templates which gives you an interesting [generative] techniques applied to several GoF design patterns, but it is not an everyday C++ code you write. I'd say, for general C++ good style, Bjarne's works are more useful. At least, to start with.