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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Josuttis, Nicolai M.

The C++ standard library: a tutorial and reference / Nicolai M.

Josuttis.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. C++ (Computer program language) I. Title.

QA76.73.C153J69 1999

005.13'3--dc21 99-24977

CIP

Copyright © 1999 by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

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