In C++ the static keyword has quite a few wrinkles that may not be immediately apparently. One of them is related to constructor order, and I briefly describe it here.

In C++ the static keyword has quite a few wrinkles that may not be immediately apparently. One of them is related to constructor order, and I briefly describe it here.

I’ve always avoided C++ streams as they never seemed as convenient as printf() and friends for formatted output, but I’ve decided I should finally take the plunge.

Function template specialisation is a tricky beast — the short answer is, avoid it.