Title: STL Tutorial and Reference Guide: C++ Programming with the Standard Template Library (2nd Edition) Author: David R. Musser / Gillmer J. Derge / Atul Saini / Gilmer J. Derge Publisher: Addison-Wesley Page: 560 Edition: 2nd edition (March 27, 2001) Format: PDF Summary: The Standard Template Library was created as the first library of genetic algorithms and data structures, with four ideas in mind: generic programming, abstractness without loss of efficiency, the Von Neumann computation model, and value semantics. This guide provides a tutorial, a description of each element of the library, and sample applications. The expanded second edition includes new code examples and demonstrations of the use of STL in real-world C++ software development it reflects changes made to STL for the final ANSI/ISO C++ language standard.