Subj : Re: STL
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Leo Siefert
Date : Fri Jun 11 2004 09:36 am

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:47:14 -0400, "MarvinAvery"
<marvin.avery@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca> wrote:

>Can someone recommend a good STL book?

Some comments on the previous suggestions:

Josuttis - Very readable and a good intro and reference. (Probably the
one to buy if you get only one book, but better to buy used and get
several)

Austern - Part I is an invaluable discussion of the STL from the
viewpoint of why it works as it does. Understanding this gives a much
better grounding for using the library properly.

Meyers - Details, details, details. Surely you've read some of his
other books and know how helpful they are.

And just to add one more, though it is not entirely dedicated to STL:

More Exceptional C++ by Herb Sutter - This guy's both more fun than
any of the others and more into some of the nitty and gritty corners
of the language, but save it until you have a good idea of how you
think things work so that it can properly humble you by finding the
holes in your understanding. Both this and the original are highly
recommended, but this one has more on STL.

 - Leo

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