[silverdemon]

Straight to the point; nothing but the good stuff! These days I am happy just that something is presented as text and not a pointless, time-sapping video.

Given the paucity of free time, I would much rather spend it reading books like those listed here than listen to someone mumble and umm-ahh to deliver in 10 minutes what I can read in 1 minute.

On his list of books itself, perhaps I am a bad judge of character but I assume someone who reads a diverse range of books will have the mindset to take on board a diverse range of factors in their technical work. Perhaps the vast scope of the C++ language reflects this!