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Try stripping debug symbols. As to compile time, the pimpl pattern is your friend here.

Huh? Templates in C++ are pay-for-what-you-use; only those instantiations required by your code are generated. Note also the ability to extern templates added in C++0x, which allow…

Not sure what you mean with copy ctor bloat, but for your_flavor_of_smart_ptr, that's what the typedef keyword is for. A common idiom I use is to typedef a class's preferred smart-…

Really? C++ is perhaps the slowest moving language in my repertoire in terms of 'popular' approaches to solving common problems. Look how long a c++0x specification has taken. And …

If only c++ had some sort of static type system which could be leveraged to provide compile-time checks... But seriously, this is a large part of the power of c++'s type system. Ta…