CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I TAPPING THE POWER OF C++ -- 1 INHERITANCE -- 2 MULTIPLE INHERITANCE -- 3 CONSTNESS, REFERENCES, AND A FEW LOOSE ENDS -- 4 TEMPLATES -- 5 EXCEPTION HANDLING -- II PERFORMANCE AND MEMORY -- 6 PERFORMANCE -- 7 MEMORY ALLOCATION -- 8 STANDARD TEMPLATE LIBRARY - CONTAINERS -- 9 STL - ALGORITHMS AND ADVANCED TOPICS -- III SPECIAL TECHNIQUES -- 10 ABSTRACT INTERFACES -- 11 PLUG- INS -- 12 RUNTIME TYPE INFORMATION -- 13 OBJECT CREATION AND MANAGEMENT -- 14 OBJECT SERIALIZATION -- 15 DEALING WITH LARGE PROJECTS -- 16 CRASH- PROOFING YOUR GAME -- A ABOUT THE CD- ROM -- INDEX.