Editing C standard library (section)

== Comparison to standard libraries of other languages ==
The C standard library is small compared to the standard libraries of some other languages. The C library provides a basic set of mathematical functions, string manipulation, [[type conversion]]s, and file and console-based I/O. It does not include a standard set of "[[container (data structure)|container types]]" like the [[C++]] [[Standard Template Library]], let alone the complete [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) toolkits, networking tools, and profusion of other functionality that [[Java (software platform)|Java]] and the [[.NET Framework]] provide as standard. The main advantage of the small standard library is that providing a working ISO C environment is much easier than it is with other languages, and consequently porting C to a new platform is comparatively easy.