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    <h1>Apache C++ Standard Library (STDCXX)</h1>
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        <li><a href="#what_is">What is The Apache C++ Standard Library?</a></li>
        <li><a href="#objectives">Objectives</a></li>
        <li><a href="#news">Project News</a></li>
        <li><a href="#platforms">Platforms</a></li>
        <li><a href="#status">Project Status</a></li>
        <li><a href="#users">Users</a></li>
        <li><a href="#contributors">Contributors</a></li>
        <li><a href="#committers">Committers</a></li>
        <li><a href="#pmc">PMC</a></li>
        <li><a href="#communication">Communication</a></li>
        <li><a href="#lists">Mailing Lists</a></li>
        <li><a href="#references">References</a></li>
        
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    <h2 class="boxed">What is the Apache C++ Standard Library?</h2>
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      <p>

The Apache C++ Standard Library project (code name stdcxx, pronounced
"standard   C++  library",   <u>not</u> S-T-D-C-X-X) is a collection of
algorithms, containers, iterators, and other fundamental  components
of every piece  of software, implemented as  C++ classes, templates,
and functions  essential for  writing C++ programs.

      </p>
      <p>

The goal  of the Apache C++  Standard Library is  to provide a free
implementation  of the  ISO/IEC 14882 international  standard for C++
that  enables source code  portability and consistent  behavior of
programs across all major hardware implementations, operating systems,
and compilers, open source and commercial alike. An additional goal is
to  achieve  maximum implementation  efficiency  on  each platform  by
taking advantage of  platform-specific high-performance facilities and
features which are often unique to the type of hardware, the operating
system or the compiler.

      </p>  
      <p>

As  the  starting  point  for   future  efforts,  in  summer  2005  <a
class="external"      href="http://www.roguewave.com/">Rogue      Wave
Software</a> has contributed its  commercial implementation of the C++
Standard Library to the Apache stdcxx project, a proven code base that
has been shipping for over a  decade and is among the most widely used
cross-platform implementations of the library.
          
      </p>
      <p>

The  key features  of the  stdcxx project  at the  time  of submission
include:

        <ul>
          <li>

Full conformance to the C++ standard

          </li>
          <li>

Complete implementation of the localization library independent of the
underlying  operating   system,  including  a  large   set  of  locale
definition  files,  character   set  description  files,  and  utility
programs to process these files and generate locale databases

          </li>
          <li>

User control over strict or permissive conformance checking

          </li>
          <li>

Thread-safe implementation of strings, iostreams, and locales

          </li>
          <li>

Reference   counted  <code>basic_string</code>   implementation  using
atomic locking with  the ability to switch to  a non-reference counted
implementation

          </li>
          <li>

Excellent runtime performance

          </li>
          <li>

Optimized for fast compiles and extremely small executable file sizes

          </li>
          <li>

Portable  to and fully  tested on  a large  set of  operating systems,
including AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, etc.

          </li>
          <li>

Portable to most leading commercial as well as open source compilers

          </li>
          <li>

Debugging  facilities   such  as  safe   iterators,  precondition  and
postcondition checking, and the ability to generate stack traces

          </li>
          <li>

Fully documented configuration and build infrastructure

          </li>
          <li>

Thorough, well-maintained documentation

          </li>
          <li>

Ten years of deployment in the world's most critical enterprise systems

          </li>
        </ul>
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The long-term objectives of the project include:

      </p>
      <ul>
        <li>

<b>Standards  Conformance</b>.  Continue  to  closely  track  the  C++
Standard, as well as any other relevant standards.

        </li>
        <li>

<b>Portablity</b>.  Continue to  provide support  for a  broad  set of
platforms   (C++   compilers,    operating   systems,   and   hardware
architectures).

        </li>
        <li>

<b>Quality of Implementation</b>. Maintain the current high quality of
implementation, which has come to  be expected of all Apache projects.
This ranges from high runtime  efficiency to high space efficiency, to
high  portability   of  data  (in  areas  such   as  localization  and
internationalization which are typically not specified by the C++ or C
standards), to facilitating the portability of program source code.

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    <h2 class="boxed">Project News</h2>
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        <ul>
          <li>

              12/14/2007 STDCXX graduates from the Incubator and becomes
              a Top Level Project.

          </li>
          <li>

              11/29/2007 STDCXX community adds a new committer, Travis Vitek.

          </li>
          <li>

            10/29/2007              With             the             <a
            href="http://www.nabble.com/-VOTE-RESULT--approve-stdcxx-4.2.0-release-p13469149.html">approval</a>
            of the Incubator PMC, STDCXX 4.2.0 was released.

          </li>
          <li>

              10/16/2007 Proposal to graduate STDCXX to a Top Level Project
              passes the Incubator PMC <a class="external" href="http://www.nabble.com/-VOTE--graduate-stdcxx-to-TLP-tf4611022.html">vote</a>.

          </li>
          <li>

              9/5/2007 STDCXX community adds two new committers, Eric (Brad)
	      Lemings and Mark Brown.

          </li>
          <li>

              10/11/2006 STDCXX community adds a new committer, Andrew Black.

          </li>
          <li>

            8/26/2007 Started tracking project metrics at <a class="external" href="http://www.ohloh.net">www.ohloh.net</a> under <a class="external" href="http://www.ohloh.net/projects/7983">Apache C++ Standard Library</a>.

          </li>
          <li>

            6/1/2007 Started tracking site visitation at <a class="external" href="http://analytics.google.com/">Google Analytics</a> under <a class="external" href="https://www.google.com/analytics/reporting/dashboard?id=3205802">stdcxx</a>. Send an email from your <a class="external" href="http://mail.google.com">Google Mail</a> account to <a href="mailto:dev&#64;stdcxx.apache.org">dev</a> to request access to the account.

          </li>
          <li>

            3/26/2007 Tim Triemstra joins the PPMC.

          </li>
          <li>

            2/13/2007 Andrew Black and Farid Zaripov join the PPMC.

          </li>
          <li>

              10/11/2006 STDCXX community adds a new committer, Andrew Black.

          </li>
          <li>

              8/10/2006 STDCXX community adds a new committer, Farid Zaripov. 

          </li>

          <li>

            1/30/2006              With             the             <a
            href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200601.mbox/%3c43DEC03F.3030601@roguewave.com%3e">approval</a>
            of the Incubator PMC, STDCXX 4.1.3 was released.

          </li>
          <li>

            1/13/2006 STDCXX community adds a new committer, Anton Pevtsov.

          </li>
          <li>

            11/25/2005 Windows  configuration and build infarstructure
            <a
            href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=349027&view=rev">committed</a>
            to                      Subversion                     (<a
            href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/stdcxx-5">stdcxx-5</a>).

          </li>
          <li>

            9/16/2005             The             first             <a
            href="http://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/stdcxx/snapshots/stdcxx-incubating-4.1.2-2005-07-19.tar.gz">snapshot</a>
            of stdcxx 4.1.2 has been published.

          </li>
          <li>

            9/5/2005      The      test      suite      driver      <a
            href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/stdcxx/trunk/tests/?rev=278837">committed</a>
            to                      Subversion                     (<a
            href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/stdcxx-3">stdcxx-3</a>).

          </li>
          <li>

            9/1/2005                        A                       <a
            href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-stdcxx-dev/200508.mbox/%3c430E39CD.7040501@roguewave.com%3e">proposal</a>
            to  publish the first  stdcxx snapshot  on the  stdcxx Web
            site      has       passed      the      community      <a
            href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-stdcxx-dev/200509.mbox/%3c4317A0AE.9040204@roguewave.com%3e">vote</a>.

          </li>
          <li>

            8/28/2005   The  process   of  downloading   stdcxx  files
            documented              on              the             <a
            href="http://incubator.apache.org/stdcxx/download.html">Download</a>
            page.                        (See                       <a
            href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/stdcxx-17">stdcxx-17</a>).

          </li>
          <li>

            8/01/2005 The  process of reporting bugs in  the stdcxx <a
            href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/stdcxx">bug
            tracking database</a>  documented and published  on the <a
            href="http://incubator.apache.org/stdcxx/bugs.html">Bugs</a>

            page.                        (See                       <a
            href="http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/stdcxx-9">stdcxx-9</a>.)

          </li>
          <li>

            7/19/2005                     stdcxx                    <a
            href="http://incubator.apache.org/stdcxx">          project
            page</a>                                                 <a
            href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/stdcxx/site/?rev=225558">committed</a>
            to        Subversion.         The        project        <a
            href="http://incubator.apache.org/projects/stdcxx.html">
            status                     page</a>                     <a
            href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi?rev=219733&view=rev">committed</a>
            to Subversion.

          </li>
          <li>

            7/18/2005  stdcxx sources  and documentation  <a href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/stdcxx/trunk/?rev=219596">committed</a>
            Subversion</a>.

          </li>
          <li>

            5/19/2005            stdcxx           project           <a
            href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200505.mbox/%3cC398496DF88AD711908C00065BEEE32C01473785@dfwmail.quovadx.com%3e">
            accepted</a> for incubation.

          </li>
          <li>

            5/13/2005            stdcxx           project           <a
            href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200505.mbox/%3cC398496DF88AD711908C00065BEEE32C01473747@dfwmail.quovadx.com%3e">
            proposal</a>    submitted     to    the    Incubator    <a
            href="mailto:general&#64;incubator&#46;apache&#46;org">mailing
            list</a>.

          </li>
        </ul>
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    <h2 class="boxed">Platforms</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>
          
A  key  stdcxx objective  is  to  facilitate  the portability  of  C++
programs  to  as  many  platforms (hardware  architectures,  operating
systems, and compilers) as practical.  It is envisaged that the set of
platforms will evolve and grow as the project attracts contributors.

      </p>
      <p>

The project  sources initially committed to  the Subversion repository
(revision                                                            <a
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/incubator/stdcxx/?rev=219596">219596</a>)
are based on Rogue Wave  C++ Standard Library version 4.1.0.  The list
of  platforms to which  this version  of the  project was  ported (but
which is expected to grow as the stdcxx project evolves) is:

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              <tr>
                <th>compiler</th>
                <th>operating system</th>
                <th>processor/architecture</th>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external" href="http://www.comeaucomputing.com">
                    Comeau C++</a> 4.2.4 or later
                </td>
                <td>Solaris 7 or later</td>
                <td><a class="external" title="Sun UltraSPARC processors"
                       href="http://www.sun.com/processors/">UltraSPARC</a></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://h30097.www3.hp.com/cplus/">
                    Compaq C++</a> 6.3 or later
                </td>
                <td><a class="external" href="http://h30097.www3.hp.com/">Tru64 UNIX</a></td>
                <td>Alpha</td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external" href="http://www.edg.com/cpp.html">
                    EDG eccp</a> 2.45.2 or later
                </td>
                <td>Linux, Solaris 7 or later</td>
                <td>x86,
                    <a class="external" title="Sun UltraSPARC processors"
                       href="http://www.sun.com/processors/">UltraSPARC</a></td>
              </tr>

                <td>
                  <a class="external" href="http://gcc.gnu.org">
                    GNU gcc</a> 2.95.2 or later
                </td>
                <td>
                    AIX,
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.cygwin.com/">
                        Cygwin</a>,
                    HP-UX, Linux,
                    <a class="external" title="Microsoft Services for UNIX"
                       href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/">
                        SFU</a>,
                    Solaris
                </td>
                <td></td>

              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dspp/tech/tech_TechSoftwareDetailPage_IDX/1,1703,1740,00.html">
                    HP aC++</a> 3.33 or later
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external"
                       href="http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11.0.html">
                        HP-UX 11.00</a>,
                    <a class="external" title="HP-UX 11.11"
                       href="http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11i.html">
                        HP-UX 11i</a>
                    <a class="external" title="HP-UX 11.23"
                       href="http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html">
                        HP-UX 11i v2</a>
                </td>
                <td>PA-RISC</td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>HP aC++ 5.50 or later</td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" title="HP-UX 11.20"
                       href="http://docs.hp.com/en/hpuxos11iv1.5.html">
                        HP-UX 11i v1.5
                    </a>, 
                    <a class="external" title="HP-UX 11.22"
                       href="http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv1.6.html">
                        HP-UX 11i v1.6
                    </a>
                    <a class="external" title="HP-UX 11.23"
                       href="http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html">
                        HP-UX 11i v2</a>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <a class="external" title="Itanium Processor Family"
                     href="http://www.intel.com/products/processor/itanium2/">
                    IPF</a>
                </td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/vacpp/">
                    IBM VisualAge C++</a> 5.0 or later
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external"
                       href="http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/os/index.html">
                        AIX</a> 4.3.3 or later
                </td>
                <td><a class="external" href="http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/power/powerpc/">PowerPC</a></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/xlcpp">
                    IBM XL C/C++</a> 7.0 or later
                </td>
                <td><a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/aix/os/index.html">AIX</a> 5.2 or later, Linux</td>
                <td><a class="external" href="http://www-03.ibm.com/chips/power/powerpc/">PowerPC</a></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/compilers/clin/index.htm">
                   Intel C++</a> 7.0 or later
                </td>

                <td>Linux, Windows NT or later</td>
                <td>x86,
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9331,00.html">
                      AMD64
                  </a>,
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/">
                     EM64T</a>,
                  <a class="external" title="Intel Itanium 2"
                     href="http://www.intel.com/products/processor/itanium2/">
                    IA64</a>
                </td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://www.sgi.com/products/software/irix/tools/mipspro.html">
                    SGI MIPSpro</a> 7.3 or later
                </td>
                <td><a class="external" href="http://www.sgi.com/developers/technology/irix/">SGI IRIX</a></td>
                <td><a class="external" href="http://www.mips.com/content/Products/ProductInfo/content_html/content/Products/Architecture">MIPS</a></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/previous/vc6/default.aspx">
                    Visual C++ 6.0</a>
                </td>
                <td>Windows NT or later</td>
                <td>x86</td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     title="Visual C++ .NET 2002"
                     href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/previous/2002/default.aspx">
                  Visual C++ .NET 2002</a> (7.0)
                </td>
                <td>Windows 2003 or later</td>
                <td>
                  <a class="external" title="Intel Itanium 2"
                     href="http://www.intel.com/products/processor/itanium2/">
                      IA64</a>
                </td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a class="external"
                     title="Visual C++ 2005"
                     href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualc/">
                  Visual C++ 2005</a> (8.0)
                </td>
                <td>Windows 2003 or later</td>
                <td>
                  <a class="external" title="Intel Itanium 2"
                     href="http://www.intel.com/products/processor/itanium2/">
                    IA64</a>
                </td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a title="Sun WorkShop 6 update 2"
                     class="external"
                     href="http://www.sun.com/software/sundev/previous/cplusplus/index.xml">
                    Sun C++ 5.3</a> or later
                </td>
                <td>Solaris 2.6 or later</td>
                <td><a class="external" title="Sun UltraSPARC processors"
                       href="http://www.sun.com/processors/">UltraSPARC</a></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>
                  <a title="Sun Studio 9"
                     class="external"
                     href="http://www.sun.com/software/products/studio/previous/9/index.xml">
                    Sun C++ 5.7</a> or later
                </td>
                <td>Solaris 10 or later</td>
                <td>x86, <a class="external" href="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_9331,00.html">AMD64</a>, <a class="external" href="http://www.intel.com/technology/64bitextensions/">EM64T</a></td>
              </tr>

            </tbody>
          </table>
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    <a name="status"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">Project Status</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

Stdcxx status reports to the ASF Board of Directors are stored in the <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/stdcxx/status/">status/</a> subdirectory of the site.

      </p>
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    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="users"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">Users</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

Stdcxx                                                               <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#User">Users</a>
are                                                                  <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#developers">Developers</a>
with       read-only        access,       i.e.,       without       <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#CommitAccess">Commit
Access</a>            to            the           stdcxx            <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Codebase">Codebase</a>
who are using the project.

      </p>
      <p>

The  mailing list  appropriate  for discussions  of  using the  stdcxx
project                              is                             <a
href="mailto:user&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">user&#64;stdcxx&#46apache&#46;org</a>. This
is                                an                                <a
href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-user/">archived</a>,
moderated mailing list open to  all subscribers.  You may subscribe by
sending          a         blank          email          to         <a
href="mailto:user-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">user-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org</a>. To obtain additional information about this list send a blank email to <a href="user-info&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">user-info&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org</a>.

      </p>
    </div>   <!-- section -->

    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="contributors"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">Contributors</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

Stdcxx                                                               <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Contributor">Contributors</a>
are Developers without commit (or write) access to the stdcxx codebase
who directly  or otherwise make improvements to  the project codebase,
including  its  Web  pages.   This  includes but  is  not  limited  to
individuals who  respond to questions on the  project's mailing lists,
review  and provide helpful  feedback on  patches or  commits, submit,
provide  helpful comments  on, or  triage bug  reports,  or contribute
useful patches of their own.   Interested contributors may be voted to
become Committers after a period of valuable activity.

      </p>
      <p>

Because Contributors  have read  but not write  access to  stdcxx code
repository, they can check stdcxx  out and make changes to their local
copy of stdcxx files but they  cannot check them back in. To get their
changes   committed,   they   must   follow   the   process   for   <a
href="bugs.html#patches">Submitting Patches</a>.

      </p>
      <p>

The stdcxx community welcomes  new contributors. If you are interested
in getting involved,  the first thing to do  after reading the project
Web      pages      is      to      subscribe      to      the      <a
href="mailto:dev&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">dev</a>
mailing list  and skimming the  archives. If you're looking  for ideas
for where your help might be needed, browse the bug database or simply
ask on the maling list.

      </p>
    </div>   <!-- section -->

    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="committers"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">Committers</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

Stdcxx                                                               <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Committer">Committers</a>
are Developers with  commit (or write) access to  the stdcxx codebase.
For  safe  changes  on  trunk  all stdcxx  committers  follow  the  <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#CommitThenReview">Commit-Then-Review</a>
policy (CTR for short). For  potentially unsafe changes or any changes
to    branches     all    stdcxx    committers     follow    the    <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#ReviewThenCommit">Review-Then-Commit</a>
policy (RTC for short). Whether a  change is safe or not is a judgment
call that  should be made  after careful testing  of the change  on at
least two  different platforms with two different  compilers. The list
of current committers in alphabetical order is below:

        <div class="section">
          <table class="ForrestTable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4">
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <th>user id</th>
                <th>name/email</th>
                <th>affiliation</th>
                <th>since</th>
                <th>comment</th>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>ablack</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:ablack&#64;roguewave.com">
                    Andrew Black
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.roguewave.com">
                        Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>Oct 11, 2006</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:marg.g.brown&#64;gmail.com">
                    <i>Mark Brown</i>
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
                <td>Sep 5, 2007</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>hbuelow</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:hbuelow&#64;gmail.com">
                    Heidi Buelow
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td>Emeritus</td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>ldiduck</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:lancediduck&#64;nyc.rr.com">
                    Lance Diduck
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>jhollis</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:jhollis&#64;roguewave.com">
                    John Hollis
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.roguewave.com">
                        Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td>Emeritus</td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>ajindal</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:ajindal&#64;apache.org">
                    Amit Jindal
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                  <a class="external" href"http://www.aquevix.com/">
                    Aquevix, Ltd.</a>
                </td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td></td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:lemings&#64;roguewave.com">
                    Eric (Brad) Lemings
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.roguewave.com">
                        Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>Sep 5, 2007</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>lnicoara</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:lnicoara&#64;apache.org">
                    Liviu Nicoara
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>rpalepu</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:palepu&#64;roguewave.com">
                    Ravi Palepu
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.roguewave.com">
                        Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td>Emeritus</td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>antonp</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:antonp&#64;moscow.vdiweb.com">
                    Anton Pevtsov
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.vdiweb.com">
                        VDI
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>Jan 3, 2006</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>sebor</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:sebor&#64;apache.org">
                    Martin Sebor
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.roguewave.com">
                        Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>ttriemstra</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:tim.triemstra&#64;gmail.com">
                    Tim Triemstra
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.apple.com">
                        Apple
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>May 19, 2005</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>vitek</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:viteka&#64;roguewave.com">
                    Travis Vitek
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.roguewave.com">
                        Rogue Wave Software, Inc.
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>November 29, 2007</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>faridz</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:faridz&#64;apache.org">
                    Farid Zaripov
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <a class="external" href="http://www.epam.com">
                        EPAM
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td>Aug 10, 2006</td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

            </tbody>
          </table>
        </div>
      </p>
      <p>

Committers   in    <i>italics</i>   do   not   yet have    a   signed
<a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/icla.txt">Contributor
License Agreement</a> on file. This indicates a transient state after
a committer has been voted in but their CLA hasn't been received or
processed by the foundation.

      </p>
      <p>

An up-to-date list of all Apache committers (or committers-to-be) is being maintained by <a class="external" href="http://www.jimjag.com/">Jim Jagielski</a> on this <a href="http://people.apache.org/~jim/committers.html">page</a>.

      </p>
      <p>

The  mailing list  used by  stdcxx committers  for discussions  of the
maintenance,  development, and  porting of  the stdcxx  project  is <a
href="mailto:dev&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">dev&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org</a>. This
is                                an                                <a
href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-dev/">archived</a>,
moderated mailing list  open to all subscribers. You  may subscribe by
sending          a         blank          email          to         <a
href="mailto:dev-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">dev-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org</a>.

      </p>
    </div>   <!-- section -->

    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="pmc"></a>
    <a name="ppmc"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">PMC</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

The
stdcxx  <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#pmc">Project
Management Committee</a>  (PMC) is a group  of volunteers responsible
for the  formal oversight of  the stdcxx podling, its  management, and
for interfacing with
the <a href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/board/">Apache
Board of Directors</a>. The members of the stdcxx PMC are:

        <div class="section">

          <table class="ForrestTable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4">
            <tbody>
              <tr>
                <th>user id</th>
                <th>name/contact</th>
                <th>comment</th>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>ablack</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:ablack&#64;roguewave.com">
                    Andrew Black
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>hbuelow</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:hbuelow&#64;gmail.com">
                    Heidi Buelow
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>jerenkrantz</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="http://www.erenkrantz.com/">
                    Justin Erenkrantz
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>ajindal</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:ajindal&#64;apache.org">
                    Amit Jindal
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>lnicoara</td>
                <td>
                    <a href="mailto:nicoara&#64;roguewave.com">
                      Liviu Nicoara
                    </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>wrowe</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:wrowe&#64;rowe-clan.net">
                    William A. Rowe, Jr.
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>sebor</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:sebor&#64;apache.org">
                    Martin Sebor
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td><a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#chair">
                    PMC Chair</a></td>
              </tr>

              <tr>
                <td>faridz</td>
                <td>
                  <a href="mailto:faridz&#64;apache.org">
                    Farid Zaripov
                  </a>
                </td>
                <td>
              </tr>

            </tbody>
          </table>
        </div>

      </p>
      <p>

The          PMC         mailing          list          is         <a
href="mailto:private&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">private&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org</a>. This
is  a  moderated,  by-invitation-only   mailing  list  closed  to  the
public. Invited individuals can subscribe  by sending a blank email to
<a
href="mailto:private-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">private-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org</a>.

      </p>
      <p>

An example  of a topic  that might be  appropriate for this list  is a
discussion of the merits of a proposed committer.

      </p>
    </div>   <!-- section -->

    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="communication"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">Communication</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

Communication about the project and all decisions take place on the
project's mailing lists. There are a number good reasons why
communicating on mailing lists is preferable to other ways of
communicating, including private email or instant messaging. Some of
the important ones include:

      </p>

      <ul>
          <li>

Unlike communicating in private, mailing lists make it possible for
all list subscribers to benefit from the discussion, and provides an
opportunity for those who wouldn't be invited to the private
discussion to offer their own feedback on the subject.

          </li>
          <li>

Unlike Instant Messaging, mailing list make it possible for interested
parties to participate asynchronously, regardless of which time zone
they are located in.

          </li>
          <li>

Unlike private communications, mailing list discussions are archived
for future reference, with the archives being easily searchable by
anyone interested. Mailing list archives are important not just so
that new contributors can learn from past decisions but they are an
indispensable tool also for long-time committers when we forget why
certain things were done a certain way.

          </li>
          <li>

It is the preferred mode of communicating for all Apache projects. See
the <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#communication">Communication</a>
section of <a
href="http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html">How the ASF
works</a>.

          </li>
      </ul>
      <p>

If you choose to contact one of the project committers in private
expect to be directed to the mailing lists.

      </p>
    </div>

    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="lists"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">Mailing Lists</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

The  following table provides  a summary  of information  about stdcxx
mailing lists along with a number of interfaces to their archives.
All  lists are moderated. Only subscribers may post. Subscription
to <a href="mailto:private&#64;stdcxx.apache.org">private</a> is by
invitation of the PMC only. With one exception, the activity of each
list is monitored and  can be viewed along with other interesting
information on
this <a href="http://people.apache.org/~coar/mlists.html">page</a>
maintained  by   <a class="external"  href="http://ken.coar.org/">Ken
Coar</a>.

      </p>

      <div class="section">
        <table class="ForrestTable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4">

          <thead> <!-- ### TABLE HEADER ### -->
            <tr>
              <th>name</th>
              <th>subscribe</th>
              <th>raw archives</th>
              <th>
                <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/">Apache archive</a>
              </th>
              <th>
                <a class="external" href="http://www.nabble.com">
                  Nabble Forums</a>
              </th>
              <th>
                <a class="external" href="http://www.mail-archive.com">
                  The Mail Archive</a>
              </th>
              <th>
                <a class="external" href="http://marc.info/">MARC</a>
              </th>
              <th>activity</th>
            </tr>
          </thead>

          <tbody> <!-- ### TABLE BODY ### -->
            <tr>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:dev&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  dev
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:dev-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  dev-subscribe
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://stdcxx.apache.org/mail/dev/">mail/dev</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-dev/">
                  mod_mbox
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://www.nabble.com/stdcxx-dev-f26255.html">
                  stdcxx-dev</a> forum
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
		href="http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@stdcxx.apache.org/">
                  dev</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external" href="http://marc.info/?l=apache-stdcxx-dev">
                  apache-stdcxx-dev</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://people.apache.org/~coar/mlists.html#dev_at_stdcxx.apache.org">stats
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:user&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  user
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:user-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  user-subscribe
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://stdcxx.apache.org/mail/user/">mail/user</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-user/">
                  mod_mbox
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://www.nabble.com/stdcxx-user-f30600.html">
                  stdcxx-user</a> forum
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
		   href="http://www.mail-archive.com/user@stdcxx.apache.org/">
                  user</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://marc.info/?l=apache-stdcxx-user">
                  apache-stdcxx-user</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://people.apache.org/~coar/mlists.html#user_at_stdcxx.apache.org">stats
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td title="Read Only">commits</td>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:commits-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  commits-subscribe
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://stdcxx.apache.org/mail/commits/">mail/commits</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-commits/">
                  mod_mbox
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://www.nabble.com/stdcxx-commits-f30597.html">
                  stdcxx-commits</a> forum
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
		   href="http://www.mail-archive.com/commits@stdcxx.apache.org/">
                  commits</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://marc.info/?l=apache-stdcxx-commits">
                  apache-stdcxx-commits</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://people.apache.org/~coar/mlists.html#commits_at_stdcxx.apache.org">stats
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td title="Read Only">issues</td>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:issues-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  issues-subscribe
                </a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://stdcxx.apache.org/mail/issues/">mail/issues</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/stdcxx-issues/">
                  mod_mbox</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://www.nabble.com/stdcxx-issues-f30599.html">
                  stdcxx-issues</a> forum
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
		   href="http://www.mail-archive.com/issues@stdcxx.apache.org/">
                  issues</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a class="external"
                   href="http://marc.info/?l=apache-stdcxx-issues">
                  apache-stdcxx-issues</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="http://people.apache.org/~coar/mlists.html#issues_at_stdcxx.apache.org">stats
                </a>
              </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:private&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  private</a>
              </td>
              <td>
                <a href="mailto:private-subscribe&#64;stdcxx&#46;apache&#46;org">
                  private-subscribe
                </a>
              </td>
              <td title="Private list">N/A</td>
              <td title="Private list">N/A</td>
              <td title="Private list">N/A</td>
              <td title="Private list">N/A</td>
              <td title="Private list">N/A</td>
              <td title="Private list">N/A</td>
            </tr>

          </tbody>
        </table>
      </div>
    </div>

    <!-- section ================================================= -->
    <a name="references"></a>
    <h2 class="boxed">References</h2>
    <div class="section">
      <p>

A number  of excellent design  and programming books describe  the C++
Standard  Library in an  approachable way.   In addition,  besides the
required                                                             <a
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/stdcxx/trunk/doc/stdlibref/index.html">Class
Reference</a>,  this implementation  of the  library also  includes an
extensive                                                            <a
href="http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/stdcxx/trunk/doc/stdlibug/index.html">User
Guide</a> complete  with tutorials  and example programs.   That being
said,  the ultimate  reference  to  the C++  Standard  Library is,  of
course, the C++  Standard itself (and to a smaller  extent, also the C
Standard).  An electronic  copy of the most recent  version of the C++
and  C  standards  can   be  obtained  from  the  <a  class="external"
href="http://www.ansi.org/">ANSI</a>        <a        class="external"
href="http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/">eStandards store</a>.

      </p>
      <p>
        <ul>

          <li>
            <a class="external"
               href="http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/product.asp?sku=INCITS%2FISO%2FIEC+14882%2D2003">
               INCITS/ISO/IEC 14882-2003 Programming Languages &#151; C++
            </a>
          </li>

          <li>
            <a class="external"
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