STL Tutorial and Reference Guide: C++ Programming with the Standard Template Library (2nd Edition)

By Atul SainiGillmer J. DergeDavid R. Musser, et al.

Book Overview

The second edition is clearer and adds more examples on how to use STL in a practical environment. Moreover, it is more concerned with performance and tools for its measurement. Both changes are very... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0201633981
• ISBN13: 9780201633986
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Tutorial and Reference Worth Having

This volume is a much improved version of the original of the same title. An additional author has come aboard. The major improvements I noticed were in the examples. There are many more examples and many more STL features now have examples showing how you can use them. The tutorial aspect of this book, which comprises the first part of the book, makes a strong case for not re-inventing the wheel, but rather using the containers,...

Well-written coverage of most of what you need to know

I'm astonished by the abundance of IMO very ignorant reviews of this book. 4.5 stars might be the ideal rating, but given all the other excessively negative reviews, I opted for 5 rather than 4.This is a lucid, very well-written book, with plenty of sage advice. It introduces the concepts gently, but without excessive redundancy or hand-holding. The examples are well chosen, and illustrate their points (although in some...

incorrect reviews

Just a few more points, to refute earlier incorrect reviews:One reviewer said: "For instance, in the detailed presentation of sets and multisets, nowhere is it mentioned what the difference between the two is. You have to go to the "Overview of STL components" to get the information."This is incorrect: the authors cover the difference numerous places (and most people can guess what the difference is). See for example pages...

Still the best guide for the standard C++ library

Since this book was written the Standard Template Library (STL) has become part of the ANSI/ISO standard C++ library. The book is old (for being a bleeding edge technology) and some minor details have changed, but this is still the best guide available. Every serious C++ programmer should have this book within reach when programming.

Excellent overview and introduction

I found this to be a wunnerful book given that I wasn't very experienced using STL when I read it. It provided the necessary hooks for me to make better sense out of the two extremes on the continuum (see two references below). The reference section could be arranged more usefully, but this is a minor carp. I highly recommend this one for folks trying to get their minds around STL. This is an accessible cover-to-cover read...