The Draft Standard C++ Library

by P.J. Plauger

Book Overview

This work presents the library portion of the draft ANSI/ISO Standard for the programming language C++, and shows how to use all library classes and functions mandated by that draft standard. An... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131170031
• ISBN13: 9780131170032
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 590 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Best Ref. for C++ "Classic " Standard Library, period.

If you think that the STL will bring the end to the C++ standard library, I think you might be wrong. I don't know if I was wrong or not, but as a programmer who had grown up with the standard C++ library, I believe that there are a lot of life left in it. I started my career with C++, not C, but I do know that the standard library is the bridge that connect C++ and C, without it, anyone who come from C to C++ will have a lot of problem. Because of this, what you need is a reference that cover all aspects of library in great detail. And I think this book had done a fine job with this. Like Mr. Plauger own "Standard C Library" book, this book's not just telling you what each function do, but it also provided source code for all of them. So, what is a better way to study and understand the standard library?For me, this book has its place next to Stroustrup's The C++ Programming Language and Josuttis's The C++ Standard Library. (And now, I'm waiting for Mr.Plauger's upcoming STL book )

Timeless exposition on the C++ library

Anyone who thinks that STL (or anything else) has made this book obsolete needs to take a remedial C++ programming class. If you wish to understand an implementation of the standard library, this is the book by an author who help write the standard.

The best book to discover all C++ libraries and functions

This books includes a full describition of how to use all C++ libraries and their functions. If you are interested in learning the new powerful features of the C++ libraries, then this is an excellent book. This book has taught me how to use most of the new functions found in the C++ libraries which definately strenghtened my programming performance.