Generic Programming and the STL: Using and Extending the C++ Standard Template Library (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series) - Softcover

Austern, Matthew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201309564 ISBN 13: 9780201309560

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 1999

Synopsis

Austern's book introduces you to the generic programming paradigm and to the most important instance of that paradigm--the C++ Standard Template Library (STL). This book reveals that the STL is more than a set of convenient container classes: It is also an extensible framework for generic and interoperable components. Austern explains the central ideas underlying generic programming--concepts, modeling, and refinement--and shows how these ideas lead to the fundamental concepts of the STL: iterators, containers, and function objects.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew H. Austern, PhD, studied at MIT and UC Berkeley. He now works in the Silicon Graphics compiler group, where he is one of the principal authors of SGI's implementation of the C++ Standard Template Library. Dr. Austern is also a contributor to Dr. Dobb's Journal and C++ Report, a moderator of the newsgroup comp.std.c++, and an active member of the ISO/ANSI C++ Standards Committee.

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From the Back Cover

Many programmers are unaware that C++ is more than an object-oriented language. C++ is also a language for generic programming, a methodology that can greatly enhance your ability to write efficient and reusable software components.

Written by noted C++ authority Matthew H. Austern, Generic Programming and the STL introduces you to the generic programming paradigm and to the most important instance of that paradigm--the C++ Standard Template Library (STL). This book reveals that the STL is more than a set of convenient container classes: It is also an extensible framework for generic and interoperable components.

Generic Programming and the STL explains the central ideas underlying generic programming--concepts, modeling, and refinement--and shows how these ideas lead to the fundamental concepts of the STL: iterators, containers, and function objects. In this way you will conceive the STL as a library of concepts rather than a library of specific functions and classes. You will learn its formal structure and be able to take full advantage of its potential power. This book enables you to:

• Extend the STL with your own library of portable and interoperable general-purpose components

• Create algorithms that are decoupled from the types and data structures they operate on, thus eliminating the need to rewrite basic algorithms and data structures

• Write more elegant, efficient, and effective code that can be used and reused across platforms

With the knowledge and understanding you will gain, you can achieve greater skill in creating the reusable and portable software that is now invaluable in our diverse and interconnected computing environment.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201309564
• ISBN 13: 9780201309560
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576