"It is the first book that I have read that makes STL quicklyusable by working programmers" Francis Glassborow, Chair of TheAssociation of C & C++ Users (ACCU) STL for C++ programmersLeen Ammeraal The Standard Template Library (STL) provides manyuseful and generally applicable programming tools. This bookcombines reference material and a well-paced tutorial to get youpast the basics quickly. Small, complete programs illustrate thekey STL features such as containers, algorithms, iterators andfunction objects. A section is devoted to the new string data type.All STL algorithms are formally presented by their prototypes andthen informally described to show how to use them in practice.Concepts are well illustrated with a large number of exampleprograms all of which are available via ftp (for access detailsplease refer to the preface of the book or Wiley's website).Finally, special examples are given to explain the advanced notionsof function objects and function adaptors, including predicates,binders and negators.