An Introduction to Design
Patterns in C++ with Qt 4
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An Introduction to
Design Patterns
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Alan Ezust
Paul Ezust
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Ezust, Alan.
An introduction to design patterns in C++ with Qt 4 / Alan Ezust, Paul Ezust.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-13-187905-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. C++ (Computer program language) 2. Software patterns. 3. Computer software—Reusability.
I. Ezust, Paul. II. Title.
QA76.73.C153E94 2006
005.133—dc22
2006011947
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This book is dedicated to Miriam Ezust,
without whom none of our work
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