Essential programming tips at your fingertips! This handy programmer’s reference provides quick access to syntax, functions, classes, methods, as well as the Standard Template Library (STL). The book covers ANSI/ISO Standard C and C++, including the new C99 standard. From the Back Cover C/C++ Essentials and Syntax on One Handy Reference! Get a wealth of...

The STL (Standard Template Library) was originally a third-party library from HP and later SGI, before its incorporation into the C++ standard. The standard does not refer to it as “STL”, as it is merely a part of the standard library, but many people still use that term to distinguish it from the rest of the library (input/output streams [known as...

Container classes are the solution to a specific kind of code reuse problem. They are building blocks used to create object-oriented programs?they make the internals of a program much easier to construct. A container class describes an object that holds other objects. Container classes are so important that they were considered fundamental to early object-oriented...