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		atombender on March 25, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing your own C++ standard library from scratch > The C++ standard library (also know as the STL) The C++ Standard Library is not the same as the STL. The STL is the Standard Template Library, which provides containers such as vectors, as well as related functionality like iterators. The C++ Standard Library includes STL, but is a lot more, including things like I/O, math, concurrency, and so on.

Longhanks on March 25, 2025 [–]

The maintainers of Microsoft's C++ standard library use the term interchangeably, both "STL" and "C++ standard library" refer to the same thing. https://github.com/microsoft/STL/blame/main/README.md#L3

atombender on March 25, 2025 | [–]

Probably a historical artifact. It has never been the correct term.

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