Extensive information on STL (The ANSI/ISO C++ Standard Template
Library) is now available on the World Wide Web.  Included is a very
detailed hypermedia reference manual for all STL generic algorithms.
Brief overviews of containers and other kinds of STL components are
also given.  The ANSI/ISO specification document for STL and some
related research material are also accessible.

The URL is      http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~musser/stl.html

The information is best viewed with the Mosaic browser, although much
of it can also be viewed with the character-oriented Lynx viewer.  For
those who have Mosaic on their systems but are not familiar with its
use, detailed instructions are attached below.

This material is still being evolved. More example programs that use
STL will be added, and in the generic algorithms reference we plan to
add the ability for users to provide their own input for the example
programs that are executable from each algorithm data sheet.  (Some
material, about local compilers and directories, is mainly of interest
to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute community.)

Please send comments and suggestions for improvement to musser@cs.rpi.edu.

Dave Musser
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David R. Musser
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (518) 276-8660
Computer Science Department  musser@cs.rpi.edu
Troy, NY 12180    FAX: (518) 276-4033
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Detailed instructions:

- start mosaic:

   mosaic  (or maybe xmosaic)

- open the URL (Universal Resource Locator) of the STL "home page":

   click on File/Open URL, and type:
     http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~musser/stl.html

- click on the blue text entries, they are hypertext links.

- click on Back (at the bottom of the Mosaic viewer) anytime you want
to return to the page you just left.

- to make it easier to get to this location next time you run Mosaic,
add the STL URL to your "Hotlist": get back to the STL home page and
click on Navigate/Add-to-Hotlist.  Then anytime you want to get to it,
click on Navigate/Hotlist and select "The Standard Template Library".