Very well put. This matches my experience too. I regret buying them. The series is not for those who were used to, but subsequently lost touch with, c++03 and

Very well put. This matches my experience too. I regret buying them. The series is not for those who were used to, but subsequently lost touch with, c++03 and earlier. I found it better to learn the modern version by 'porting' earlier C++ code to use modern idioms.