STL vs SC++L

The Standard Template Library was an SGI development, proposed to the C++ Standard Committee. It was largely absorbed as is, though changed in certain places, and unified with carried over elements of the Standard C Library to yield the Standard C++ Library.

In other words, "STL" is a historical name/product. SC++L is what we use today.

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Original post by Alpha_ProgDes the best I could come up with is that SC++L is a C++ subset of the SGI STL library.

You'd be closer to the mark by saying that the STL is a subset of the SC++L.

According to "The C++ Standard Library" by Josuttis. SC++L (The C++ Standard Library) is every piece of [standard] code that comes bundled with your C++ compiler. The STL is a subset of that code which includes things like std::vector, std::map, algorithms etc.

Something not considered part of the STL for example is std::string

I paraphrased of course.

This distinction hardly matters of course -- I prefer to refer to it as "The Standard Library"

I guess with modern languages it would be almost unthinkable to not include a standard library. It's certainly strange how it's evolved but I guess people will always say c++ and the STL rather than referring to the standard library.

Well personally this is the first time I've heard of the SC++L term myself but I still see STL used and don't know why people have issue with using that term if the differences are noted?
"The Standard Template Library (STL) is a subset of the C++ standard library, and contains the containers, algorithms, iterators, function objects, etc.; although some people use the term STL interchangeably with the C++ standard library."
Anyways this is how it's implemented in the MS C++ compiler according to MS:

Standard C++ Libraries Frequently Asked Questions
Q1: What does the Standard C++ library contain?

A1: The Standard C++ library provides an extensible framework and contains components for language support, diagnostics, general utilities, strings, locales, standard template library (containers, iterators, algorithms, and numerics), and input/output.

The Standard C++ library can be divided into the following categories:
1. Standard Template Library (STL) components provide a C++ program with access to a subset of the most widely-used algorithms and data structures. STL headers can be grouped into three major organizing concepts:
• Containers: template classes that support common ways to organize data, such as , , , , , , and

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Original post by dmatter Quote: Original post by Alpha_ProgDes the best I could come up with is that SC++L is a C++ subset of the SGI STL library. You'd be closer to the mark by saying that the STL is a subset of the SC++L.

Yeah, that's the way I look at it.

There's some zealots who would like to:
$ sed -i 's/STL/SC++L/g' /teh/intarweb

But "STL" is in common usage now (even C++ newbies at least associate the term with std::vector) and just means the generic (template) parts of the SC++L.

If you're gonna try and stop people saying "STL" you may as well fight "ATM machine" while you're at it ;)

I thought a STD C++ library is abreviated as a STD C++ library, not as a few letters that could mean anything. Using ++ sign in abreviations should be done with care.