Question

Based on your researches, in what situations you would use STL, in which cases, you would prefer using Boost library?

Answer 1

Most of the services provided by Boost library is present in STL library. Boost library is important for features such as lambda functions which are also available in the java and python libraries.

Boost provides features such as functional programming as well as smart pointers. Boost is further divided into several libraries which can be used independently according to the need of the programmers.

Whereas, STL can be used for using standard frameworks as well as when need to tell compiler what we need to do. It is more simple and according to the regular coding norm. It is more useful when we need to add our own containers and algorithms. Unlike boost, STL provides more out of the box shelf which can used directly by the programmers.

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