Getting Started with Bloomberg Standard Library

A quick guide to getting started with the Bloomberg standard library from their github repo:

Let's say for now I'm installing to ~/bsl on my linux machine with GNUMake:

Linux 3.11.0+ x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

For other flavours, see the official wiki.

• cd ~/
• git clone https://github.com/bloomberg/bsl.wiki.git
• cd bsl
• python tools/bsl_gyp.py
• cd build
• make all
• ...have a coffee..

 Done!

Now you want to write your first program using bsl. Simple:

• cd ~/test
• Write a test program:

#include <bsl_vector.h>

int main()
{
    // A simple program illustrating bsl
    bsl::vector<int> v;
    v.push_back(4);
    return 0;
}

• compile: gcc main.cpp -I~/bsl/build/include -L~/bsl/build/Release/lib -lbsl -lstdc++