What is the Standard C++ Library?

The International Standards Organization (ISO) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) are completing the process of standardizing the C++ programming language. A major result of this standardization process is the "Standard C++ Library," a large and comprehensive collection of classes and functions. This product is Rogue Wave's implementation of the ANSI/ISO Standard Library.

The ANSI/ISO Standard C++ Library includes the following parts:

• A large set of data structures and algorithms formerly known as the Standard Template Library (STL).
• An IOStream facility.
• A locale facility.
• A templatized string class.
• A templatized class for representing complex numbers.
• A uniform framework for describing the execution environment, through the use of a template class named numeric_limits and specializations for each fundamental data type.
• Memory management features.
• Language support features.
• Exception handling features.

This version of the Rogue Wave Standard C++ Library includes the data structures and algorithms libraries (STL), and the string, complex and numeric_limits classes.