Abseil is a C++ library created by Google that provides utility functions. It is compatible with current and future C++ standards. The Abseil codebase includes components like algorithms, containers, debugging, memory management, strings, and synchronization. Abseil is intended to be compatible with Google open source projects and support upgrading to new versions easily.

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Why Adopt Abseil?
Or: Why the world has room for another collection of C++ utility libraries
There are a few main reasons we recommend Abseil as your first choice for
utility code when starting a new C++ project:
Compatibility with current and future C++ standards, and planned evolution over
time
Compatibility with Google OSS projects - these are the foundational types for
things like Protocol Buffers, gRPC, and TensorFlow
Upgrade Support - make it easy to live at head
Production Experience - These are the interfaces that we are using in Google
production
Interest in a different set of design priorities than the C++ standard

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Codemap
The Abseil codebase consists of the following C++ library components:
base Abseil Fundamentals
The base library contains initialization code and other code which all other Abseil code depends on.
Code within base may not depend on any other code (other than the C++ standard library).
algorithm
The algorithm library contains additions to the C++ <algorithm> library and container-based versions
of such algorithms.
container
The container library contains additional STL-style containers.
debugging
The debugging library contains code useful for enabling leak checks. Future updates will add
stacktrace and symbolization utilities.
memory
The memory library contains C++11-compatible versions of std::make_unique() and related memory
management facilities.

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Codemap
The Abseil codebase consists of the following C++ library components:
meta
The meta library contains C++11-compatible versions of type checks available within C++14 and C++17 versions of the C++
<type_traits> library.
numeric
The numeric library contains C++11-compatible 128-bit integers.
strings
The strings library contains a variety of strings routines and utilities, including a C++11-compatible version of the C++17
std::string_view type.
synchronization
The synchronization library contains concurrency primitives (Abseil’s absl::Mutex class, an alternative to std::mutex) and a
variety of synchronization abstractions.
time
The time library contains abstractions for computing with absolute points in time, durations of time, and formatting and parsing
time within time zones.
types
The types library contains non-container utility types, like a C++11-compatible version of absl::optional.

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C++11 and Above
Linux:
gcc, clang: -std=c++11
gcc, clang: -std=c++14
clang < 5.0: -std=c++1z
gcc, clang 5.0+: -std=c++17

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C++11 and Above
Mac OS X:
gcc, clang: -std=c++11
gcc, clang: -std=c++14
clang < 5.0: -std=c++1z
gcc, clang 5.0+: -std=c++17

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C++11 and Above
Windows:
msvc /std:c++14
msvc /std:c++latest

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Supported Platforms

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Supported Platforms

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Supported Platforms

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LINKS
Abseil
https://abseil.io
CppCon 2017: Titus Winters “C++ as a "Live at Head" Language”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tISy7EJQPzI

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GET STARTED!

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THANKS!