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Summary: Excellent reference for C++ Standard Library
Review: This book was one of the first books I purchased on C++. Along with Accelerated C++ by Andrew Koneig, this one helped me understand what templates are all about and how to start using C++ Standard library. This is one of the best C++ programming reference books out there. It is very difficult to understand what C++ Standard Library is all about and how to start using STL for the beginners and this book takes that pain out. This one will be on many programmers desk for a long time to come.Thanks Nicolai for your wonderful book.
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Summary: Will save you from re-inventing the wheel
Review: This is a very useful book to have around if you're starting with C++. For the beginner, the Standard Library can be a bit overwhelming, and you are never sure what exactly is in there. This book will give you a broad overview of the Standard Library, showing you what has already been done so you don't waste your time re-inventing the wheel. All data structures and algorithms described, come with a sample implementation that, although simplistic, is very useful for understanding what's going on.
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Summary: Excellent reference and tutorial!!!
Review: I have found The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference to be an invaluable tool in my profession. Not only does Josuttis cover the standard library in EXTREME detail, he succeeds in allowing the reader to understand how each function or procedure works with his tutorials. Whenever I create a solution in C++, Josuttis' book is right by my side the whole time. After all, who can remember all that is in the STL by heart anyway? Excellent book.
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Summary: Best Reference book on the STL
Review: The STL(Standard Template Library)/SCL(Standard C++ Library) is the best indulgence for a programmer wanting to become of the god of his code. This book IS a standard among professional programmers and theorists of the C/C++ programming language. Highly Valuable.
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Summary: Indispensable reference
Review: This book is comprehensive,
well written with plenty of sample code. It covers the standard STL(excluding
extensions such as hashed containers),
the IOStream library and there are
chapters on Internationalization and Allocators. It clearly distills the design philosophy,
shape and common usage patterns of the STL. Should you wish to merely lookup syntax, or
wish to clarify a subtlety, you'll find it here. Highly recommended for every C++ programmer.
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Summary: Required Reading
Review: In a thinly populated field, I thought it would have been unlikely to find a book of such quality and completeness. Plauger's book came close to being my STL book of choice until I found this book - then there was no choice (for me). Josuttis writes clearly and lays his material out very well indeed. You won't go wrong with this one!
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Summary: "Must Have" Reference for C++ Programmers
Review: This book is excellent. It succeeds equally well as a tutorial and a reference. It has very extensive coverage of the C++ Standard Library (including Standard Templates). Very well explained and organized. You can read the book straight though or skip around. Open the book anywhere and start reading and you won't get lost. There are numerous cross-references to prerequisite topics right in the text. There is a very useful quick reference at the end of each chapter and numerous tables and diagrams throughout. Errors are very minor (probably corrected in later printings than mine). Errata sheets are available from the publisher's web site. This very valueable book fills an important need for C++ programers. This book is not a beginner's text. To quickly learn the basics of C++, look at Stanley Lippman's "Essential C++".
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Summary: All programming languages need a book like this.
Review: This book rocks. I learned C++ during the tumultuous years before standardization, then forgot the language due to lack of use in my job. Now that I am re-learning the language, I find that a lot has changed. Vague recollections of the way things worked often led me down the wrong path. C++ today is not the C++ I remember studying, to say the least. Josuttis has cleared up all my questions and misunderstandings about Standard C++. Within the book are short sample programs illustrating how to use library components as well as clear, descriptive text on the objects in the Standard Library. Features are intelligently divided into chapters, which has, more than once, resulted in me finding a very novel way to solve a problem I only had a rough idea on how to solve. Since buying this book, Stroustrup has sat idle on my bookshelf, and Lippman - well, Lippman's at work. Josuttis has made the C++ Standard Library much more accessible, making my transition from forgotten pre-standard C++ to Standard C++ much less painful than I expected.
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Summary: A great book.
Review: This is the best book on STL I have ever seen so far.
Very clearly explained. Recommended for every serious
C++ programmer. The functional object chapter is especially
good.
Try to use STL as often as possible and save your time.
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Summary: Essential Reading for Serious C++ Programmers
Review: Templates and the Standard Template Library (STL) are some of the strongest features of C++, and this book gives a very clear explanation of the STL. Not only does Mr. Josuttis lay out the interfaces and behaviors of the elements that make up the STL, but he gives insight into which abstract data types and algorithms are better suited for a given task. As a long-time C programmer who recently began working in C++, I was able to pick up on the power of the STL in a very short period of time using this book, and significantly shortened my development time by not having to re-invent the wheel (again). The bottom line is that this book has permanent place in my "arm's reach" documentation set. This is the book you want if you are doing anything with the STL.
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