I.7. Standard Template Library

Tutorials

www.cs.brown.edu/people/jak/programming/stl-tutorial/tutorial.html

This STL tutorial is organized by examples, philosophy, components and extending STL. You will find code examples using the STL components, useful explanations and helpful diagrams.

www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/stl/os_examples/examples.html

This site is helpful for people just learning about the STL. You will find an introduction to the STL and ObjectSpace STL Tool Kit examples.

cplus.about.com/od/stltutorial/l/blstl.htm

This tutorial discusses all of the features of the STL.

www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialC++STL.html

This Linux-focused site includes an STL tutorial and examples.

www.cs.rpi.edu/~musser/stl-book

The RPI STL site includes information on how STL differs from other C++ libraries and on how to compile programs that use STL. A list of STL include files, example programs that use STL, STL Container Classes, and STL Iterator Categories are available. The site also provides an STL-compatible compiler list, FTP sites for STL source code and related materials.

References

www.sgi.com/tech/stl

The Silicon Graphics Standard Template Library Programmer's Guide is a useful resource for STL information. You can download STL source code from this site, and find the latest information, design documentation and links to other STL resources.

www.byte.com/art/9510/sec12/art3.htm

The Byte Magazine site has a copy of an article written by one of the creators of the Standard Template Library, Alexander Stepanov, that provides information on the use of the STL in generic programming.

ANSI/ISO C++ Standard

www.ansi.org

You can purchase a copy of the C++ Standard from this site.