The SFL (Standard Function Library) from ![[WWW]](/wiki/modern/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
iMatix is a portable function library for C/C++ programs. The SFL is the result of many years of development, and is provided as Open Source software for the benefit of the Internet community. See iMatrix for a detailed description. The SFL provides about 450 functions that cover these areas:
Compression, encryption, and encoding
Datatype conversion and formatting
Dates, times, and calendars
Directory and environment access
User and process groups
Inverted bitmap indices
Symbol tables
Error message files
Configuration files
String manipulation and searching
File access
Internet socket access
Internet programming (MIME, CGI)
SMTP (e-mail) access
Server (batch) programming
Program tracing