Stlport is a open-source, volunteer-driven project. its goal is to build complete, multiplatform ansi c++ standard library with sgi stl code base. from this base, it inherits the following advantages :
+ advanced technology for maximum efficiency
+ exception safety and thread safety
+ standard compliance and reliability
+ important extensions - hash tables, singly-linked list, rope
for more information on stlport visit the web page http://www.stlport.org/ .

this package is the development package.