Even Josuttis book was published in 1999 http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Library-Tutorial-Reference/dp/0201379260/ref=pd_sim_b_6Austern's STL book 1999 is outdated; I would go for Josuttis.
Your comments show that you have not read Austern. You just read the reviews on Amazon. The book contains 100 pages of STL description and the rest contains STL manual.I used Austern by using his (tiny) code examples, some of which did not compile. It's a reference, more than a 'how to'.
BTW his book has 548 pages. Where did 100 pages come from?
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In 1999 STL was not yet stable and there were still some functionality that was not quite standard. That's when the books came out, so they were probably written in 1997??
You have not answered my question "What has changed since 1999 in STL?" or since 1997I used Austern by using his (tiny) code examples, some of which did not compile. It's a reference, more than a 'how to'.
BTW his book has 548 pages. Where did 100 pages come from?
Josuttis uses big letter types and gives many complete examples.
I suppose it boils down to personal preferences. Learn by doing and do by learning. One could take the viewpoint of using both..
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In 1999 STL was not yet stable and there were still some functionality that was not quite standard. That's when the books came out, so they were probably written in 1997??