Essays on the Theory and Practice of Index Numbers. The Making of Macroeconomic Data

That is, to make you aware of and comfortable enough with the STL that you begin to use it on a regular basis (or, at least, to think of using it so you can come back here and hunt for the appropriate solution). It is powerful not only because it’s a reasonably complete library of tools, but also because it provides a vocabulary for thinking about problem solutions and because it is a framework for creating additional tools. Although this chapter did show some examples of creating your own tools, we did not go into the full depth of the theory of the STL that is necessary to completely understand all the STL nooks and crannies to allow you to create tools more sophisticated than those shown here. This was in part because of space limitations, but mostly because it is beyond the charter of this book; our goal here is to give you practical understanding that will affect your day-to-day programming skills. A number of books are dedicated solely to the STL (these are listed in the appendices), but we especially recommend Matthew H ...»