This chapter gives brief overviews of the remaining chapters of this book and of ComPact's consistency control aspect.
Chapter 4 is concerned with package imports and exports, and with the package description language.
Chapter 5 is concerned with ComPact's build management functionality.
Chapter 6 is concerned with ComPact's TPC-management functionality.
Chapter 7 is concerned with ComPact's version management functionality.
Chapter 8 describes ComPact's proprietary template mechanism. It can be used to supplant most practical applications of C++-templates, avoiding the problem of different compilers instantiating templates at different times.