"This is THE book on streams. There is nothing whatsoever like this on the market, and anyone who needs to I18n/Localization will eat this up. I found these chapters readable and informative."
-- Chuck Allison, Consulting Editor, C/C++ Users Journal

"The combination of usage guide and reference manual is good. This book is particularly relevant for anyone who needs to internationalize their programs input and output to exhibit reasonable and expected behavior, language, monetary and numeric formatting and syntax. In today's global economy, internationalized behavior is a highly desirable goal."
-- Mary Dageforde, Dageforde Consulting

"Langer and Kreft have an international book that applies to the United States and the rest of the world the way they address internationalization." -- C. Tondo, T&T TechWorks, Inc.

"Most C++ programmers know little about iostreams and yet use them all the time without understanding how much it costs them or what they should watch out for. This book tackles the right level of detail."
-- Daveed Vandevoorde, Edison Design Group