In the book "97 things every programmer should know" said that the invention of bicycles can be useful. So we know how it works, and gaining experience. That's fine, but I've reached the stage where I want to ride a bike, rather than reinvent it. It is better to use a mass produced bike. So I wonder what you use instead of STL? I know of the existence of SGLIB and several alternatives. Do you use such tools?
Our goals are clear, tasks are defined! Let's work, comrades! -- Nikita Khrushchev
If I was working on a GTK/GDK app I would use the data structures from glib. If I intended to make something that didn't need a GUI I would not use glib or any other gigantic framework. All else being equal, its better to minimize dependencies. There are a number of data structure libraries for C, my favorite is GDSL. I would bet that many C programmers have already written their own libraries and use those, however.
A few clarifications: I use Windows and Tiny C Compiler. Most comfortable for me the following options:
1. Library is a source code that can easily be included (a vivid example is SGLIB, it consist of one h-file).
2. Library is the big precompiled Windows DLL with plain C-API. It is the most convenient way for me!
3. Library is source code that can easily be compiled to Windows DLL. I mean NOT monsters, such as Glib.
Our goals are clear, tasks are defined! Let's work, comrades! -- Nikita Khrushchev
