1 Introduction

libavl is a library in ANSI C for manipulation of various types of binary trees. This book provides an introduction to binary tree techniques and presents all of libavl's source code, along with annotations and exercises for the reader. It also includes practical information on how to use libavl in your programs and discussion of the larger issues of how to choose efficient data structures and libraries. The book concludes with suggestions for further reading, answers to all the exercises, glossary, and index.