C++ api reference for download

[stevesmithx]

After programming in java for a while,I am trying to learn c++.
For java, there is this Sun's nice api reference which is available for both online & offline reference.
Java 2 Platform SE 5.0
For c++, after a fair amount of googling, i found some online reference which looked good but couldn't find anything for offline reference.

C++ Reference
seems to be pretty comprehensive but unfortunately isn't available for download.
Considering the slow internet connectivity around here, it would be nice to have an offline reference.
Any recommendations would be much appreciated

[Ronix]

I use STLport in all my compilers, so the closest thing to a reference guide is found here: SGI's STL (It has minimal documentation on iostreams, though).

Otherwise, it appears that you can download the reference from libstdc++

[abachler]

Because there is so much more available for C/C++, that there is no way to compose a comprehensive single document that contains information about every library out there.

There are easily 100 times more libraries availble for C/C++ than for java, probably more like 1000.

Serious application developer's don't generally use java, thats just for web based or rad development stuff that doesn't have a lot of depth. For mission critical systems that are space/weight constrained and particularly for HPC, java is fail.

[Dae]

Because there is so much more available for C/C++, that there is no way to compose a comprehensive single document that contains information about every library out there.

There are easily 100 times more libraries availble for C/C++ than for java, probably more like 1000.

Serious application developer's don't generally use java, thats just for web based or rad development stuff that doesn't have a lot of depth. For mission critical systems that are space/weight constrained and particularly for HPC, java is fail.

I don't like Java as much as the next guy, but that was some pretty randomly unnecessary bashing.

He just wants a C++ STD/STL offline reference, not a reference for every C++ library.

Sorry I just Google when I need information. I'll post links if I come across a downloadable copy of these C++ ref sites.

If you use Windows, you might want to grab the MSDN. Maybe grab Bruce Eckel's C++ book/reference.

[bithub]

Because there is so much more available for C/C++, that there is no way to compose a comprehensive single document that contains information about every library out there.

There are easily 100 times more libraries availble for C/C++ than for java, probably more like 1000.

Serious application developer's don't generally use java, thats just for web based or rad development stuff that doesn't have a lot of depth. For mission critical systems that are space/weight constrained and particularly for HPC, java is fail.

Almost every single "fact" stated in this quote is false.

At any rate, this online documentation is available for download here.

[Elysia]

Because there is so much more available for C/C++, that there is no way to compose a comprehensive single document that contains information about every library out there.

There are easily 100 times more libraries availble for C/C++ than for java, probably more like 1000.

Serious application developer's don't generally use java, thats just for web based or rad development stuff that doesn't have a lot of depth. For mission critical systems that are space/weight constrained and particularly for HPC, java is fail.

I'd love it if it were true
Java is fail. Very nice quote!

[stevesmithx]

I use STLport in all my compilers, so the closest thing to a reference guide is found here: SGI's STL (It has minimal documentation on iostreams, though).

Otherwise, it appears that you can download the reference from libstdc++

Almost every single "fact" stated in this quote is false.

At any rate, this online documentation is available for download here.

Thanks for the links, guys.
Still I Wish there was an offline version of C++ Reference

I don't like Java as much as the next guy, but that was some pretty randomly unnecessary bashing.

He just wants a C++ STD/STL offline reference, not a reference for every C++ library.

Exactly. C++ STD/STL is what i am after and not all the libraries in the world.

Sorry I just Google when I need information. I'll post links if I come across a downloadable copy of these C++ ref sites.

If you use Windows, you might want to grab the MSDN. Maybe grab Bruce Eckel's C++ book/reference.

Okay. A book certainly would be helpful. But I am looking for something that allows to take a quick look at the syntax of the methods,classes,etc., which is why i cited the java api reference in my original post.

[laserlight]

Still I Wish there was an offline version of C++ Reference

You could always download the source yourself... or write a program to do so

C++ STD/STL is what i am after and not all the libraries in the world.

You could download a publicly available draft version of the C++ standard, or purchase a PDF copy of a final version from the ANSI online store.

[Elkvis]

Almost every single "fact" stated in this quote is false.

I disagree. It is a simple fact that java is slower than native code. At my job, I use a combination of NetBeans and Visual Studio 2008 for C++ development. The two are nearly identical in the features they offer, and NetBeans is MUCH slower, simply because of the fact that it does not run as native code. You can optimize all you want, but when you come right down to it, java is still just an interpreted language. As abachler said, nothing comes close to C++ (and other languages that compile directly to machine code) for high performance computing. Even .Net and Mono are better because the intermediate language (sort of like java bytecode) gets compiled to native machine code at load time.

I can't speak to any of his statements about "serious application developers," but his remarks on the performance differences between C++ and java were bang-on. It's also true that there are many times more libraries for C/C++ than for java, simply by virtue of the fact that it has been around much longer.