Draft Standard C++ Library, The [Textbook Binding]

P. J. Plauger (Author)

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Publication Date: September 1, 1994

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 introductory chapter discusses how the standard C library changes to meet the needs of C++. Each of the 38 headers is then covered using the same format: a discussion of how the specific portion of the library is customarily used, excerpts from relevant portions of the draft, the code needed to implement the particular portion and to test the implementation, and exercises and references.

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This book presents the library portion of the draft ANSI/ISO Standard for the programming language C++, and shows how to use all the library classes and functions mandated by that draft Standard. Authoritative and timely, this tutorial/reference fills a void. Remarkably little has been written about the basic library that accompanies nearly every C++ translator to date; and practically nothing has been written on the library portion of the draft C++ standard that describes what will accompany all implementations of C++ in the near future. Written by the well-known author of the Standard C Library, the Draft C++ Standard will be made available publicly in February 1994. An introductory chapter discusses how the Standard C library changes to meet the needs of C++. Then each of the 38 headers is covered using the same format: a discussion of how the specific portion of the library is customarily used, excerpts from relevant portions of the Draft, the code needed to implement the particular portion and to test the implementation, and exercises and references. For programmers familiar with the C and C++ programming languages.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 590 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131170031
• ISBN-13: 978-0131170032
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,671,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Historical Curiosity - Would Love to See the Real Thing, August 22, 2000

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"microtherion" (Sim City, CA (Somewhere in the Bay Area)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Draft Standard C++ Library, The (Textbook Binding)

In its time, this book was almost as good as its counterpart on the Standard C Library.

Unfortunately, it has the tire tracks of language evolution all over it: While Plauger had good reason to believe that what he was covering would look very close to the final C++ Standard library, shortly after publication, the C++ standard comittee decided to integrate the STL into the standard after all, with such radical consequences for the standard that today, not a single page of this book might be accurate regarding the final standard.

As a result, this book has, at best, collectors' value. For a great treatment of the Standard C++ library, get Josuttis' _The C++ Standard Library_ instead.

I still maintain hope that, now that the C++ standard is finalized, Plauger will get around to redo his book to cover the standard in its final form. Id' buy it even if it were 1500 pages long and cost $100.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Ref. for C++ "Classic " Standard Library, period., November 22, 1999

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This review is from: Draft Standard C++ Library, The (Textbook Binding)

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 )

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Guess I was right after all, March 19, 2001

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This review is from: Draft Standard C++ Library, The (Textbook Binding)

I said that this book was obsolete in '99 and now even Plauger has tacitly agreed. Check out his book on the STL. While the IO stuff in it is still germain, the collection stuff is totally out of date. This book is a waste of $. ...