• Functionality: The Essential Tools Module supplies basic, prebuilt components useful for all applications.

• Productivity: The Essential Tools Module handles the low-level details of C++ for you.

• Simplicity: Each Essential Tools Module class plays just one well-defined role.

• Portability: The Essential Tools Module provides portability to most popular platforms.

• Reliability: The Essential Tools Module has been tested and proven in tens of thousands of applications since 1990.