Chapter 2. Introduction to C++ and the Standard Library
In this chapter, I discuss the history and different versions of C++ and introduce the Big-O notation, which is used to specify the performance and scalability of library operations.
2.1. History of the C++ Standards
The standardization of C++ was started in 1989 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which is a group of national standards organizations, such as ANSI in the United States. To date, this work has resulted in four milestones, which are more or less C++ standards available on different platforms throughout the world:
1. C++98, approved in 1998, was the first C++ standard. Its official title is Information Technology — Programming Languages — C++, and its ...
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