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# Introduction to Abseil

Welcome to Abseil! Abseil is an open-source collection of C++ code (compliant to
C++14) designed to augment the C++ standard library. This document introduces
C++17) designed to augment the C++ standard library. This document introduces
Abseil and provides an overview of the code we're providing.

## Table of Contents
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<br /> The `memory` library contains memory management facilities that
augment C++'s `<memory>` library.
* [`meta`](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/master/absl/meta)
<br /> The `meta` library contains compatible versions of type checks
available within C++14 and C++17 versions of the C++ `<type_traits>`
library.
<br /> The `meta` library contains type checks similar to those available in
the C++ `<type_traits>` library.
* [`numeric`](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/master/absl/numeric)
<br /> The `numeric` library contains 128-bit integer types as well as
implementations of C++20's bitwise math functions.
* [`strings`](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/master/absl/strings)
<br /> The `strings` library contains a variety of strings routines and
utilities, including a C++14-compatible version of the C++17
`std::string_view` type.
utilities.
* [`synchronization`](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/master/absl/synchronization)
<br /> The `synchronization` library contains concurrency primitives (Abseil's
`absl::Mutex` class, an alternative to `std::mutex`) and a variety of
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points in time, durations of time, and formatting and parsing time within
time zones.
* [`types`](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/master/absl/types)
<br /> The `types` library contains non-container utility types, like a
C++14-compatible version of `absl::optional`.
<br /> The `types` library contains non-container utility types.
* [`utility`](https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/tree/master/absl/utility)
<br /> The `utility` library contains utility and helper code.

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