The moderators of the on-line C++ FAQ at comp.lang.c++ collect and answer the questions most often asked by professional programmers, focusing on the effective use of the programming language and avoiding combining seemingly legal constructs in incompatible ways. No date is noted for the first edition; the second takes account of the final ANSI/ISO standard, major syntax changes and some of the smaller ones, and recent innovations. The explanations are fuller than they are able to provide on line. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.