i dont think there is a better reference on C++ then these: Effective & More Effective C++ C++ Programming Language C++ Faqs Effective STL and... MSDN C++ reference MSDN yes, its really good; it has many C++ little language stuff you forget over time; although its short in description, if you have the time and patience, its good to read from time to time to refresh the concepts and things, but read it from start to end; it has many gritty things I (you) at time pass by, forget; also, it has many things you find in C++ books (but explained more better in books). btw, many of the stuff from my blog can be found in the MSDN C++ reference :D so why am I still writing here ? because its a good practice to actually explain in writing for myself different stuff

here i will keep all interesting C++ articles: article#1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- C++: Under the Hood Jan Gray March 1994 http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/dnarvc/html/jangrayhood.asp it talks about the C++ object model and layout in memory; good introduction; article#2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- here is a nice article about how vtables workits good coz it goes into asm language and explains whats really goin on http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/0300/c/ if u find any similar article on this subject, pls reply here. article#3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- virtual functions explained: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/virtual-functions.html article#4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- a good summerize of the classes size. when applying the sizeof operator on an objec...