Go beyond C ++ standard library: boost library guide: boost library Introduction

Introduction to boost Library (Introduction to boost)

Now that you have read this book, I hope you know the boost library more or less, or at least you have to listen to it. There are a lot of libraries in boost, and few of them will make you feel boring. In fact, you can certainly find a library that can be used directly. Boost libraries involve a wide range of fields, from numerical computation to smart pointers, from the template meta-programming library to the compilation pre-processing library, from threads to lambda expressions, and so on. All boost libraries follow a very generous license, which allows free use of these libraries in commercial programs. You can get support from newsgroups. Most boost community activities are through newsgroups, and at least one company focuses on consulting matters related to boost libraries. I strongly recommend that you visit the boost website www.boost.org to check the online Introduction of the boost community.

When I wrote this book, boost's current version is 1.32.0. In this version, there are 58 separate libraries. In the following sections, we will introduce all the 58 databases and provide a brief description of the functions they provide. For those libraries not detailed in this book, please refer to the documentation provided by www.boost.org, And the boost library can also be downloaded there.