On Tuesday, April 16, 1996, Peter Haight wrote...
> Can someone recommend some STL books? I have three catagories that I'm
interested
> in:
> 1. How-To-Use
> 2. Reference
> 3. The design/implementation of STL.
>
> I'm really looking for a book that focuses on 1, but has a bit of 2 and
3 in it.
>
> Thanks.

I have learned about STL from three sources:
"The STL Primer," Glass/Schuchert, Prentice Hall
"C++ Programmers Guide to the Standard Template Library," Nelson, IDG
Books
"April 1995 Draft Working Papers," available on www.att.com &
www.cygnus.com

The STL Primer is a small book, better as a "pocket reference" type book.
The Programmers Guide is huge, comprehensive, and includes a lot of useful
information on rationales and changes made by the committee. The DWP is in
legalese and may be difficult to read but is the most current reference
generally available to the public.




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Peter Haight wrote:

> Can someone recommend some STL books? I have three catagories
> that I'm interested in:
> 1. How-To-Use
> 2. Reference
> 3. The design/implementation of STL.
>
> I'm really looking for a book that focuses on 1, but has a bit
> of 2 and 3 in it.
>
> Thanks.

I do NOT have any vested interest in either Mark Nelson's "C++
Programmer's Guide to the Standard Template Library" or "STL Tutorial
and Reference Guide" by David R.  Musser and Atul Saini, but I have
read both and can recommend both quite highly.  I would say Mark's is
more into 1 & 3, though it contains the STL Specification, while "STL
Tutorial and Reference Guide" is better at 2 but still good at 1.

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Peter Haight wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend some STL books? I have three catagories that I'm interested
> in:
> 1. How-To-Use
> 2. Reference
> 3. The design/implementation of STL.
>
> I'm really looking for a book that focuses on 1, but has a bit of 2 and 3 in it.
>
> Thanks.
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I found Musser and Sani's _STL Tutorial and Reference Guide_ (Addison & Wesley, ISBN #
0-201-63398-1) to be most useful. It would probably meet most of your requirements. For
(3), you may check out some of the original white papers, which I believe are located at
HP's or RPI's web/ftp site.

doug


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Information on "STL Tutorial and Reference Guide" by David R.
Musser and Atul Saini is available at
http://www.aw.com/cp/musser-saini.html

I have a vested interest in this book, but I think it's in
line with what you're looking for.
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Can someone recommend some STL books? I have three catagories that I'm interested
in:
1. How-To-Use
2. Reference
3. The design/implementation of STL.

I'm really looking for a book that focuses on 1, but has a bit of 2 and 3 in it.

Thanks.
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Peter Haight wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend some STL books? I have three catagories that I'm interested
> in:
> 1. How-To-Use
> 2. Reference
> 3. The design/implementation of STL.
>
> I'm really looking for a book that focuses on 1, but has a bit of 2 and 3 in it.
>
> Thanks.
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Hi Peter,

You can get some information about my book "C++ Programmer's Guide to the
Standard Template Library" from my home page.  It's published by IDG books,
and should be available from any bookstore that has a good selection of
technical books.  There are a couple of other STL books out now as well,
but I'll leave those recommendations to others!

Mark Nelson
http://web2.airmail.net/markn
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