I think this is a good book to read. Recall a joke about programming:
1. Learn all the theories about computer science.
2. Pick up a style.
3. Forget about all that and just hack.

This is a joke but often times quite true. However, to become a more complete programmer, one cannot omit either 1. or 2. and go directly to 3. In fact, if you do that, you are about to see your position being outsourced to other countries, because you are so replaceable that you do not have much to offer and everyone can do your job.

This book is about 2. in the joke, picking up a style. It is not about teaching you how to write a program in a specific language. It is, however, from a pair of masters' point of view, what programming is all about and how to write code in style so that it is simple, elegant and easy to maintain.

I will quote Stroustrup here that being able to write good code is much like being able to write good articles in any language, which has no fixed way of doing it. Some natural talent and personality possibly have something in the play.

This is a good book to read. But I think for a small book its size (

我认为这是一本值得一读的好书。想起一个关于编程的笑话。

1. 学习所有关于计算机科学的理论。

2. 拾起一种风格。

3. 忘记这一切，只管黑。

这是个笑话，但很多时候却很真实。事实上，如果你这样做，你就会看到你的职位被外包到其他国家，因为你是如此的可替代，你没有什么可提供的，每个人都可以做你的工作。

这本书是关于2.在笑话中，拾起一种风格。它不是要教你如何用一种特定的语言写程序。然而，它是从一对大师的观点出发，说明编程是怎么回事，以及如何用风格写代码，使其简单、优雅、易于维护。

我在这里引用Stroustrup的话，能够写出好的代码很像能够用任何语言写出好的文章，这没有固定的方法。一些自然的天赋和个性可能有一些发挥的空间。

这是一本值得一读的好书。但我认为对于一本小书来说，其规模(