Preface

Preface

Welcome to C++ Standard Components. This product has two parts:

A collection of efficient, general-purpose software components that you can use to construct C++ applications. Just add application-specific code:
```
   application == general-purpose components + application-specific code
```
A collection of program development tools that support component-oriented application development.

Each component handles some common, low-level aspect of programming which in C or C++ tends to be tedious and error-prone. Think of the code you have written to manage arrays, strings, and lists; now think of the time and effort you could have saved if this same code were already available in an efficient, bug-free, conveniently-reusable form!

NOTE: See ``Relationship to the C++ Standard Library'' for how C++ Standard Components relates to the standard library present in the ISO standard for the C++ language.