Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...

[Eddie D. <edd...@tr...>]

> From: "Hossein Haeri" <ult...@em...>
> To: dev...@li...
> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 07:35:53 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] The STL book is...
>
>> Amazon reviewers (uk site) gave it between 4 and 5 stars, they do
>> keep
>> saying that the book expects you to know a bit about the STL from
>> the start
>> though.
>
> Do you really think that the reviews given by Amazon are enough? Take
> a look to the ACCU reviews.
> http://www.accu.org
>
>> There must be better books around.

The best book, by far, on the C++ STL is "Generic Programming and the STL"
by Matthew H. Austern. Josuttis is a good book on the C++ Standard library
as a whole but the Austern book, which focuses strictly on the STL, is
superb in every respect and brilliantly organized.