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To comprehend the meaning and usage of the standard library classes mandated in the ANS/ISO C++ Standard of 1997, there are two ways to go:
The C++ Standard Library is the best overview of its topic in the popular technical press that I've seen so far. A few years ago I was looking for this book, but it hadn't been written yet, so I opted for course 1 above. It's really more orderly to read the book.
The C++ Standard Library is essentially a perfect book. It's so good that it can't be great. The author knows his field so well that there's no sense of striving in his explanations. (Josuttis is a member of the C++ Standard Committee library working group.)
The C++ Standard Library is organized in the Gnu Texinfo manual style, which evolved on the MIT-Stanford Free Software axis in the 1980s. No surprises, we know how to read this one without the author lecturing us on conventions employed in the text.
What's covered? The whole C++ standard libraries. Well-phrased, accurate, authoritative, and scientific, Josuttis has authored the quintessential user's guide on this subject. Let others focus on patterns of usage -- the community of intermediate C++ programmers pursuing standard class expertise now has its classic.
You can visit http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/ to see the examples from the book and read its table of contents and introduction online.
-- Jack Woehr
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