To get the most out of this book
The book, except the chapters specific to C++ efficiency, does not rely on any esoteric C++ knowledge. All examples are in C++, but the lessons on hardware performance, efficient data structures, and design for performance apply to any programming language. To follow the examples, you will need at least an intermediate knowledge of C++.
Each chapter mentions the additional software you need to compile and execute the examples, if any. For the most part, any modern C++ compiler can be used with the examples, except for Chapter 8, Concurrency in C++, which requires the latest versions to work through the section on coroutines.
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
