Effective STL
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- Effective STL: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Use of the Standard Template Library Buy new or buy used
Probably the best of the Meyers Trio, Effective STL is one of the books which can quickly help a programmer acclimate to the relatively specific needs of a proper use of the STL. This book covers topics such as appropriate container and algorithm selection, function binding, the folly of attempting to write container independant code, and so forth. This book quickly disbuses someone new to the STL of many myths surrounding its components, as well as many magic bullets which dissolve under scrutiny. Given my strong belief that the STL is the most important part of C++, it is my opinion that this book can singlehandedly accelerate a C++ programmer through a year of trial and error in two or three readings.
