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What benefits do I get from Apache C++ standard library that I don't get from STL implementations that come with the compiler and from Boost libraries?
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The Diagnostics Library. The General Utilities Library.
C++ comes with two standard libraries: the old C library (libc. lib), and the new C++ library (libcp. lib), which is logically divided into the stream library, and STL, the standard template library.
The C++ runtime library includes classes required by the ISO C++ standard, including std::ostream and std::vector. There is only one C++ runtime library in widespread use with the GNU toolchain. The GNU C++ Library (also called libstdc++) is provided in the same source package as the GNU C and C++ compilers.
Usually, there is '/lib' folder on Windows or '/usr/lib' folder on Linux that contains all the libraries. Once the library is installed, the compiler and the linker know the path of the library to use, and the library is ready for use.
The Apache C++ Standard Library project is a complete implementation of the ISO/IEC 14882 C++ Standard Library.
The most distinguishing characteristic of this implementation of the C++ Standard Library is its portability to a large number of C++ compilers, operating systems, and hardware architectures.
Sounds like if you value extreme portability this is for you. If you don't, most everyone defaults to their compiler's default implementation, so if you ever have trouble, the community will be bigger. If you don't run into implementation issues I don't see why it should make much of a difference.
I typically get flamed for this opinion but I like the idea of having a company I can pay to fix problems, my developers (and I) aren't smart enough (or don't have the time) to dive into internals and fix bugs.
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