toning down the rhetoric, a good "modern c++" book would be awesome - something that shows how to use a solid, simple core with the latest features in, say, the first half, and then has further chapters extending that with more complex approaches where needed.

i've asked for this kind of thing before,but never had a really good suggestion. seems like it could be a huge seller...

[when i last asked here what, 6 months ago, i think the only vaguely useful answer i got was to read the draft standard]