C++ By Example: UnderC Learning Edition

Appendix B. A Short Library Reference

Most of the power of a programming language comes from its libraries, which give a programmer access to hundreds of thousands of lines of well-debugged code. The C/C++ library is particularly rich and often supplies more than one way to handle a situation; knowing the standard library well keeps you from having to reinvent the wheel. Conversely, any language that can't be extended by libraries will not last, as illustrated by the case of Pascal. Standard Pascal died out because it did not offer powerful libraries, but Pascal has been revived in recent years, thanks to Borland making the Delphi VCL library comprehensive and extensible. Generally, you can find excellent C++ libraries freely available to do ...