The STL

• Collection of generic classes and algorithms
• Born at the same time as C++
• Well defined
• Very flexible
• Reasonably efficient
• Use it as much as possible, do not reinvent the wheel!
• Documentation: http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl/
• Contains:
  • Classes: vector, map, string, I/O streams, ...
  • Algorithms: sort, swap, copy, count, ...